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Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA

Posted: April 6, 2009

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 71
First Seen: July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA is a Trojan horse infection that could have the ability to download malware files or applications onto your system in an undetected method. Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA could very well be the culprit for the installation of many malicious applications that have an objective of taking money from you in return for a program that does nothing good. Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA could compromise your computer where a remote attacker could steal personal files or banking account information. This could lead to identity theft which could put you in a position where you are held liable for illegal actions. It is very important that you detect and remove infections such as Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA completely from your computer. You can do this by using a spyware scan tool that is able to detect and remove Trojan infections.

Aliases

TROJ_FAKEAV.ATH [TrendMicro]Trojan Horse [Symantec]Troj/FakMSA-Gen [Sophos]High Risk Cloaked Malware [Prevx1]Trj/Agent.LVU [Panda]Win32/VB.NJY [NOD32]Trojan:Win32/FakeMSA.A [Microsoft]Trojan.FakeMSA.A.1 [McAfee-GW-Edition]Artemis!451CDE158BDA [McAfee+Artemis]Generic VB.b [McAfee]Trojan.Win32.Malware.1 [K7AntiVirus]Trojan.Win32.FakeMSA [Ikarus]W32/VB.B!tr [Fortinet]Trojan.Win32.Agent.bxgd [F-Secure]Win32/FakeAV.AKP [eTrust-Vet]
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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:



msctrl.exe File name: msctrl.exe
Size: 12.28 KB (12288 bytes)
MD5: 451cde158bda9ac537a0e392ef5ff2f2
Detection count: 8
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
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