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Trojan.Brave-A

Posted: June 6, 2006

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 33
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: May 4, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Trojan.Brave-A, possibly affiliated with BraveSentry spyware, is designed to infiltrate your computer and open a conduit by which large amounts of adware and spyware can be piped to your system. Trojan.Brave-A opens up a large security hole on your computer and is a very dangerous threat to the security of your personal and financial data. Trojan.Brave-A will also display warning notifications in the Windows system tray with titles such as "Your Computer is in Danger!" Trojan.Brave-A embeds itself in the Windows Registry, and can be difficult to remove manually.

Aliases

Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec]Mal/Renos-A [Sophos]TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.CI [Microsoft]not-a-virus:Hoax.Win32.Renos.ala [Ikarus]not-virus:Hoax.Win32.Renos.aol [F-Secure]WORM_ZHELATI.MCS [TrendMicro]Trojan.Fakeavalert [Symantec]Trojan.FakeAlert [Sunbelt]Mal/EncPk-EI [Sophos]High Risk Fraudulent Security Program [Prevx1]Adware/MalwareAlarm [Panda]TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos [Microsoft]Trojan.Dropper.Gen [McAfee-GW-Edition]Downloader.gen.a [McAfee]not-virus:Hoax.Win32.Renos.brr [K7AntiVirus]
More aliases (34)

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



Install1216[1].exe, xpupdate.exe File name: Install1216[1].exe, xpupdate.exe
Size: 38.37 KB (38376 bytes)
MD5: 174d932b87ca41445f7b6a0536b8cf07
Detection count: 83
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
xpupdate.exe File name: xpupdate.exe
Size: 19.25 KB (19256 bytes)
MD5: 3867d68f89d724f95373e3cf1528c02b
Detection count: 11
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Run keysWindows update loader
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