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Troj/FakeVir-PS

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Protection available since 6 November 2009 23:58:41 (GMT)
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More Information

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

Troj/FakeVir-PS includes functionality to steal confidential information.

When Troj/FakeVir-PS is installed the following files are created:

<User>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
<Desktop>\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
<Start Menu>\Advanced Virus Remover.lnk
<Program Files>\AdvancedVirusRemover\PAVRM.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software
AVR
<Program Files>\AdvancedVirusRemover\PAVRM.exe

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