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Troj/FakeAV-GJ

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Frauder.uw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 12 November 2008 15:58:54 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FakeAV-GJ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/FakeAV-GJ copies itself to <System>\msiconf.exe and creates the following files:

<Desktop>\Gay Fetish Sex.url
<User>\Application Data\eb6af0a414ab8daf
<User>\Local Settings\Application Data\Thumbs.db

The following registry entry is created to run msiconf.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
msiexec.exe
msiconf.exe

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Rapid Antivirus

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