Trojan.FakePlayer.B

Posted: March 14, 2012

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Ranking:	19,202
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	2,394

First Seen:	March 14, 2012
Last Seen:	February 23, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Trojan.FakePlayer.B is a Trojan that's distributed as a fake media player that facilitates phishing attacks against your credit card. Although the fraudulent media player that Trojan.FakePlayer.B pretends to be is advertised as free, any attempt to follow through its registration process will result in you being redirected to a phishing site that attempts to scam you out of financial info. Given these circumstances, SpywareRemove.com malware research team feels safe in stressing the absolute important of caution when installing unusual software from little-heard-of sources and recommends that you acquire media players only from websites that you've verified to be trustworthy. If your PC has been infected by Trojan.FakePlayer.B, you can relax in knowing that direct harm from Trojan.FakePlayer.B isn't likely as long as you don't fall for its hoax. However, Trojan.FakePlayer.B should still be removed by a competent anti-malware scanner that can insure the full deletion of all of its components and system changes.

Trojan.FakePlayer.B – a Media Player Minus the Media-Playing Features

Trojan.FakePlayer.B is marketed as a media player with wide compatibility for popular music formats, and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have even noticed its websites slipping into search results for popular search engines. Despite the high placement of its site in search results, Trojan.FakePlayer.B's media players (such as Webplayer) aren't able to play music files and don't have any music-related functions whatsoever. In fact, the only thing Trojan.FakePlayer.B is good for is providing a fake, albeit realistic-looking registration form. At first, this form only asks for login information and a password, but once you give Trojan.FakePlayer.B this much, you'll be instantly redirected to a site that wants your credit card info.

Giving this last bit of information to Trojan.FakePlayer.B's criminal partnership is almost certain to result in fraudulent charges on your credit card in the future. This can be prevented by contacting your bank or credit card company while taking appropriate procedures to re-secure your financial information, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team notes that there's no justification for giving your credit card information to Webplayer or other Trojan.FakePlayer.B-affiliated PC threats.

Keeping Trojan.FakePlayer.B's Twisted Tune Out of Your Bank Account

PC security companies have identified Trojan.FakePlayer.B as of early March 2012, and prominent search engines are making valiant efforts to weed out Trojan.FakePlayer.B's malicious sites from their results. However, criminals propping up Trojan.FakePlayer.B's faux media player hoax have, so far, kept on producing new websites to host Trojan.FakePlayer.B's attacks, and you should consider being particularly careful when making generic searches for media-related programs lest they be cocoons for another Trojan.FakePlayer.B attack.

As a recently-identified PC threat, Trojan.FakePlayer.B may also be able to avoid detection or removal by anti-malware programs that aren't kept up-to-date. However, as long as you keep abreast of the latest patches for threat databases, use competent software and attempt to disable Trojan.FakePlayer.B via common anti-malware strategies (such as booting Windows into Safe Mode), you should have every chance of successfully deleting Trojan.FakePlayer.B without any permanent harm incurred.

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The following URL's were detected:

streamvidact.ru