Trojan.FakeAV!gen121

Discovered:

April 21, 2014

Updated:

June 26, 2014 8:46:57 AM

Type:

Trojan

Systems Affected:

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Trojan.FakeAV!gen121 is a heuristic detection for files that may be members of the Trojan.FakeAV family of Trojans.

For more information, please see the following resource:
Trojan.FakeAV

Antivirus Protection Dates

• Initial Rapid Release version April 21, 2014 revision 007
• Latest Rapid Release version April 21, 2014 revision 007
• Initial Daily Certified version April 21, 2014 revision 017
• Latest Daily Certified version April 21, 2014 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date April 23, 2014

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Medium
• Number of Infections: 50 - 999
• Number of Sites: 10+
• Geographical Distribution: Medium
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium
• Payload: Lowers security settings on the compromised computer.
• Causes System Instability: May perform actions that prevents the user from accessing certain programs on the computer.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low

Technical Details