Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-CO

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 2 July 2008 23:31:21 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeVir-CO falsely reports the computer is infected and prompts the user to pay a license fee before pretending to clear the threats.

Troj/FakeVir-CO installs creates the registry value
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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