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Troj/FakeVir-GL

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 16 October 2008 04:50:30 (GMT)
Last updated 17 October 2008 14:19:14 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

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

Troj/FakeVir-GL creates the files:

<Windows>\brastk.exe - detected as Troj/FakeVir-GL
<Windows>\karna.dat - detected as Mal/EncPk-BB
<System>\beep.sys - detected as Mal/FakeAle-C

The following registry entries are set:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
AppInit_DLLs
karna.da

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Enable Browser Extensions
yes

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
brastk
<Windows>\brastk.exe

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