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Troj/FakeVir-CT

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from August 2008 (4.32)
Protection available since 5 July 2008 02:02:21 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

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

Troj/FakeVir-CT pretends to be a spyware and malware detection program, but will always report the presence of unwanted files, in an attempt to trick the user into paying to register the software.

Troj/FakeVir-CT creates the following registry entry in order to start when Windows boots:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
spywarescanner
\SpywareScanner\spywarescanner.exe

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