Trojan.FakeAV

Trojan.FakeAV is a Trojan horse that displays false antivirus alerts and lowers security settings on the compromised computer.

Note: Definitions dated before October 5th, 2009 may detect this threat as Trojan.Fakeavalert.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version October 22, 2007 revision 040
• Latest Rapid Release version February 9, 2010 revision 050
• Initial Daily Certified version October 10, 2007 revision 023
• Latest Daily Certified version February 9, 2010 revision 052
• Initial Weekly Certified release date October 17, 2007

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium
• Payload: Lowers security settings on the compromised computer.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low