Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-AX

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from June 2008 (4.30)
Protection available since 22 April 2008 19:05:15 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeVir-AX scans the computer and always reports that it has found viruses.

Troj/FakeVir-AX then asks the user to register the software before pretending to clean up the viruses it supposedly found.

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