Trojan.Downloader.FakeMSA
Posted: April 6, 2009
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Threat Level: | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Infected PCs: | 71 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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| 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.
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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.exeSize: 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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