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Troj/FakeVir-AT

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 3 March 2008 08:10:18 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FakeVir-AT is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/FakeVir-AT includes functionality to download, install and run new software.

When Troj/FakeVir-AT is installed it creates the file <Root>\1.bat. This batch file is used to make copies of itself as <Windows>\xpupdate.

The following registry entry is created to run Troj/FakeVir-AT on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
con
<pathname of the Trojan executable>

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\Install

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