Sophos

Mal/FakeVir-B

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Opens links to websites
Included in our products from November 2008 (4.35)
Protection available since 8 July 2008 15:43:08 (GMT)
Last updated 7 October 2008 14:32:35 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

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More Information

Mal/FakeVir-B is a family of Trojans for the Windows platform.

Members of Mal/FakeVir-B typically display fake spyware alerts in the system tray, attempting to lure the user into downloading and installing software from a remote location.

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