- Discovered:
- May 17, 2013
- Updated:
- May 17, 2013 9:19:45 AM
- Type:
- Trojan
- Systems Affected:
- Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Trojan.FakeAV!gen104 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 May 17, 2013 revision 001
- Latest Rapid Release version May 17, 2013 revision 001
- Initial Daily Certified version May 17, 2013 revision 002
- Latest Daily Certified version May 17, 2013 revision 002
- Initial Weekly Certified release date May 22, 2013
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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.
Summary| Technical Details| Removal