Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-IK

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 16 December 2008 19:21:12 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FakeVir-IK is a fraudulent security product for the Windows platform.

When run the Trojan will attempt to download and install components from a remote website before prentending to scan the computer.

The scan will report phantom infections and agressively request a registration fee to cleanup the non-existant infections.

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