Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-BD

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from July 2008 (4.31)
Protection available since 13 May 2008 23:20:14 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

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

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