Virus:TR/Fakealert.QE
Date discovered:16/10/2008
Type:Trojan
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low to medium
Distribution Potential:Low
Damage Potential:Low to medium
Static file:No
IVDF version:7.00.07.46 - Thursday, October 16, 2008

 General Method of propagation:
   • No own spreading routine


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: AntiVirus2009
   •  Kaspersky: not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.XPSecurityCenter.az
   •  F-Secure: not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.XPSecurityCenter.az
   •  Panda: Adware/XPAntiSpyware2009
   •  Grisoft: Downloader.Small.ELY


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Downloads files
   • Downloads malicious files


Right after execution the following information is displayed:

Description inserted by Andreas Feuerstein on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Description updated by Andreas Feuerstein on Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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