Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-CC

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 July 2008 01:53:35 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

When first run,Troj/FakeVir-CC copies itself to
<Program Files>\Antivirus2008y\antvrs.exe

Troj/FakeVir-CC also creates
<Adeministrator>\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y\Antivirus 2008.lnk
<Adeministrator>\Start Menu\Antivirus2008y\Uninstall Antivirus 2008.lnk

Troj/FakeVir-CC scans the computer and reports clean files as being infected with malware.

Troj/FakeVir-CC has the functionalities to:
-download files from preconfigured URLs.
-open links to websites
-log key
-steal information from clipboard
-upload to preconfigured URLs
-be a proxy.

The following registry entry is created to run <Program Files>\Antivirus2008y\antvrs.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Antivirus2008y
<Program Files>\Antivirus2008y\antvrs.exe

Troj/FakeVir-CC also creates registry entries under
HKCU\Software\Antivirus2008y\
HKLM\Software\Antivirus2008y\

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