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Worm.Fakerecy.A

Posted: December 30, 2010

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 548
First Seen: July 24, 2009
Last Seen: September 6, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Worm.Fakerecy.A is a computer worm parasite that has the ability to spread onto various locations of the hard drive. Worm.Fakerecy.A may load at startup of Windows where it tends to populate certain directories all without notification to the computer user. The risk of confidential information and stored files being compromised is present while Worm.Fakerecy.A is able to masquerade without the administrator taking actions to remove it.

Aliases

Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.J!88 [McAfee-GW-Edition]Worm.Win32.VB.xb [Kaspersky]W32/VB.XB!worm [Fortinet]WORM_VB.SMF [TrendMicro]W32/FakeRecycle.J [Panda]Worm/VB.DYA [AVG]Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab-V3]Trojan.MulDrop2.62516 [DrWeb]Win32:VB-EAA [Trj] [Avast]Trojan [K7AntiVirus]W32/Sohanat.HD.worm [Panda]Worm/VB.AGIA [AVG]Worm.Win32.VB [Ikarus]Worm/Win32.VB [AhnLab-V3]Worm:Win32/VB.HE [Microsoft]
More aliases (115)

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:



%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ctfmon.exe File name: ctfmon.exe
Size: 20.48 KB (20480 bytes)
MD5: 6daa78a9eb057c7b5e692456082909b4
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 8, 2013
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\TUSARCHIVOS\Recycled\ctfmon.exe File name: ctfmon.exe
Size: 40.96 KB (40960 bytes)
MD5: 8a8d59918cbfa19e5856e0f0ee4fa42d
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\TUSARCHIVOS\Recycled\ctfmon.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 30, 2022
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ctfmon.exe File name: ctfmon.exe
Size: 20.48 KB (20480 bytes)
MD5: 6c4b9b79650d57008e04cfe167219b47
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 18, 2020
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ctfmon.exe File name: ctfmon.exe
Size: 20.48 KB (20480 bytes)
MD5: c802a1caa850ff692e698ac65aa4f5e8
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 24, 2013
%WINDIR%\system\lsass.exe File name: lsass.exe
Size: 109.56 KB (109568 bytes)
MD5: e39ea6529daa365436fa025ae334f630
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 22, 2012
%USERPROFILE%\Menu Start\Programy\Autostart\ctfmon.exe File name: ctfmon.exe
Size: 20.48 KB (20480 bytes)
MD5: 6b5706e7570dce28a82c972651005b45
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Menu Start\Programy\Autostart
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 17, 2013
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