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Troj/Spywad-AZ

Aliases
  • Hoax.Win32.Renos.vapf
  • FakeAlert-C.dr trojan
  • Trojan.Fakeavalert
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 23 July 2008 20:54:08 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

Troj/Spywad-AZ is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

When Troj/Spywad-AZ is installed the following files are created:

<System>\braviax.exe
<System>\dllcache\beep.sys
<System>\dllcache\figaro.sys

the file braviax.exe is detected as Troj/Spywad-AY, the files beep.sys and figaro.sys are detected as Troj/KillAV-EM

The following registry entries are created to run braviax.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
braviax
<System>\braviax.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
braviax
<System>\braviax.exe

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