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Trojan.FakeAlert.TE

First posted on 21 November 2011.
Source: BitDefender

Aliases :

Trojan.FakeAlert.TE is also known as Program:Win32/Antivirus2008, Adware/FakeAlert, Cryp_pai-5, Win32:FraudLoad-MH, [Trj].

Explanation :

This application is a rogue antivirus that shows a fake system scan and misleading results (a very infected computer) in order to determine the user to register/buy this product.

The malware will run at every system startup, as it sets the following registry key:
* HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
* Antivirus -> C:Program FilesAntivirus2008Antvrs.exe

The executable that downloads this file is detected by BitDefender with the same name(Trojan.FakeAlert.TE).

Last update 21 November 2011

 

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