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FakeAlert-BW

This page shows details and results of our analysis on the malware FakeAlert-BW

Threat Detail

Malware Type: Trojan

Malware Sub-type: Win32

Discovery Date: 2009-02-24

Next Steps:

Overview


Minimum DAT

5535 (2009-02-24)

Updated DAT

6081 (2010-08-21)

 Minimum Engine

5.2.00

File Length

N/A

 Description Added

2009-02-24

Description Modified

2009-02-24

Malware Proliferation

Characteristics

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Removal

All Users:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

Modifications made to the system Registry and/or INI files for the purposes of hooking system startup, will be successfully removed if cleaning with the recommended engine and DAT combination (or higher).

Variants

United States - English