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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | April 2008 (4.29) |
| Protection available since | 26 March 2008 05:34:06 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/FakeAV-F is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/FakeAV-F presents the user witha fraudulent security alert and tries to trick the user into downloading and installing additional malware.
Troj/FakeAV-F makes changes under the following registry entry to prevent the user from accessing the task manager.
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
DisableTaskMgr
When first run Troj/FakeAV-F copies itself to <System>\sbwltbxa.exe and creates the file <System>\winfrun32.bin.
