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Troj/FreeVid-A

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 12 November 2008 19:49:56 (GMT)
Last updated 24 November 2009 23:43:56 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/FreeVid-A is a Trojan which masquerades as a free pornographic video - typically of Paris Hilton.

When first run, Troj/FreeVid-A creates another executable file which is made to run when Windows starts.

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