Sophos

Troj/FakeVir-DA

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 8 July 2008 23:27:48 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/FakeVir-DA pretends to scan the computer and finds non-existant threats. The user is prompted to pay a license fee before Troj/FakeVir-DA pretends to clean up the threats.

Troj/FakeVir-DA creates the registry entry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
WinSpywareProtect

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