Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192

Posted: December 14, 2009

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	10

First Seen:	July 24, 2009
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 is a form of Trojan malware made for the sinister design of disabling the security on infected computers. Allowing Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 to remain on your system will open your computer up to further attacks that can be permanently damaging. Other potential consequences include the loss of personal information such as account login details, identity theft, and outright theft of money through digital transfer methods. Since the threat posed by Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 is severe, deleting Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 is a necessity to keep your computer secure and safe.

The First of Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192's Dual Purposes - Crippling Security

Although all Trojans are malicious, Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 earns a healthy fear from the wary computer user for its particularly dangerous focus. Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 has been reported to take direct hostile action against the infected computer's security settings. These attacks can be anticipated and identified with problems like these:

Your firewall may be disabled. Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 may do this to allow other infections to access your computer freely. Disallowing this basic defense to function means that even completely unrelated malware can attack your computer. This also opens your system up to attack by remote hackers.
Programs used for maintaining the integrity of your system may be disabled. This is highly likely in the case of popular malware-deleting tools, and also probable for certain basic operating system programs. The inability to use these tools will make it difficult to remove any malware that infect your computer.
Various ports may be opened. This has similar consequences to a disabled firewall, but it's especially used by remote attackers. Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 may also use this function to download or upload files.
Browser settings may also be lowered to unsafe levels. This allows Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 to make even simply surfing the web a dangerous activity.

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Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192's Malware Recruitment Scheme

The second major function of Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 is to download other malware besides itself to continue damaging the computer. In conjunction with the defense-disabling aspect of the Trojan, this makes deleting Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 quickly a necessity, since infection-related problems can quickly spiral out of control in a brief period of time. You'll be able to spot Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 adding more malware to your system if you see any of the following behavior:

Files or folders appearing on your desktop or elsewhere on your computer. Trojans like Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 are especially likely to hide files inside your operating systems folder, and further conceal these components with the Hidden attribute. You can easily notice such malware by spotting duplicate or gibberish file names.
Additional processes running in memory for no reason. Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 and other malware will attempt to run in a hidden fashion, but they can't hide their processes in Windows Task Manager. As with file names, sometimes the process names may mimic preexisting parts of Windows.
Unauthorized and inexplicable use of additional system resources, most notably your RAM and hard drive space.

Other problems can occur that are specific to the types of malware Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 may be downloading. Rogue software infections will cause falsified error messages. Keyloggers will steal personal data. Browser hijackers will redirect your browser to unsafe websites by preventing access to safe ones, and can even use error messages to do so. Serious system damage is inevitable if these problems are left alone for long enough. Even if your computer appears to be running well, the privacy of all your information, including stored passwords and account details, is at risk.

Since there are few limits to what other kinds of malware Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 can install on your system, deleting Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 in short order is critical. So far there haven't been any reports that this can't be accomplished in the typical way - by using authentic and up to date security scanners, while insuring that Trojan.FakeAntivirus.8192 isn't running during the process.

Aliases

Trojan Horse [Symantec]Troj/Agent-IQZ [Sophos]Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.PY [NOD32]Trojan.FakeAntivirus.Gen [BitDefender]SHeur2.MGZ [AVG]Win32:Ups [Avast]TR/FakeAntivirus.8192.5 [AntiVir]

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:

a.exe

File name: a.exe
Size: 81.92 KB (81924 bytes)
MD5: 2383ac7637e1a413f035c8f6d016aa02
Detection count: 25
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009