Trojan.FakeInit
Posted: February 19, 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: | 1,225 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
|---|---|
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan.FakeInit is a form of malware that promotes rogue anti-spyware programs. Trojan.FakeInit will cause your PC screen to display phony security warnings and pop ups claiming that your PC is infected. This is only a scam scheme to try to scare or trick you into purchasing bogus anti-spyware programs. In addition Trojan.FakeInit has the ability to install more malware onto your computer. Don't be fooled by these false security warnings and do NOT purchase the phony anti-spware program. If you believe that your PC is infected with Trojan.FakeInit, remove it as soon as possible.
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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:PAVRM.exe
File name: PAVRM.exeSize: 845.82 KB (845824 bytes)
MD5: 562870268af36805df44fccc9917aa8a
Detection count: 90
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
frmwrk32.exe
File name: frmwrk32.exeSize: 23.04 KB (23040 bytes)
MD5: c9cb9583adbfc005aafe3ce70d6a52f0
Detection count: 72
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 57.85 KB (57856 bytes)
MD5: 02ccbb1643572308b3b88dff6a1b5ac0
Detection count: 64
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: 6738994652157f63104aea2174fa3925
Detection count: 50
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 52.73 KB (52736 bytes)
MD5: 47ba0250af980871cc8e97612e23be80
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 7, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\userinit.exe
File name: userinit.exeSize: 104.96 KB (104960 bytes)
MD5: 8ac2411511f26af80a4eb34be145c7a7
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 19, 2012
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I am having a big problem. Recently I have been hit by this Win32:fakeinit-H[TRJ] and I am not sure how to manually remove it. I have scanned with Avast, MalwareBytes and Windows Defender but I don't think they can remove it totally. I read your manually removing virus steps but I can't understand it. I tried to find the processes but I don't know which processes are virus processes and which are not. What should I do? Thanks!
This trojan has disabled the "Task Manager" so I am unable to stop/remove the "Fakeinit" processes.
I am also running RegistryFix and it gets to the a point in the registry and reboots my PC.
Can you offer any other advice?
Thanks
John