Overall Risk Level: 
Trojan.Fakeavalert is a detection for a Trojan that will dropped a rogue security application on computer that will modify settings on compromised computer to mislead computer users. Trojan.Fakeavalert will display fake alert messages and pop-up security alerts and tries to convince user to purchase the registered version of the rogue program. Trojan.Fakeavalert can also end security-related process that will lessen security settings of the infected computer.
Alias:
- Generic FakeAlert.b
- TROJ_FAKEAV.UF
- Troj/FakeVir-KY
- Trojan.Fakeavalert!sd6
- Mal/FakeVirPk-A
- Mal/TibsPk-A
Damage Level: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows
3 Responses for "Trojan.Fakeavalert"
1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). [how to]
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Reboot computer in SafeMode [how to]
4. Run a full system scan and clean/delete all infected file(s)
5. Delete/Modify any values added to the registry. [how to edit registry]
Navigate to and delete the following registry entries:
Navigate to and delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”WinAVX” = “%System%\WinAvXX.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”WinAVX” = “%System%\WinAvXX.exe”
Navigate to and restore the following registry entries to their previous values, if necessary:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\”Shell” = “Explorer.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\”Shell” = “Explorer.exe %System%\printer.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”1200″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”1201″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”1208″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”1608″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”1804″ = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\0\”2500″ = “3″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”1200″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”1201″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”1208″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”1608″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”1804″ = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\1\”2500″ = “3″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”1200″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”1201″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”1208″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”1608″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”1804″ = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\2\”2500″ = “3″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”1200″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”1201″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”1208″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”1608″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”1804″ = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\3\”2500″ = “3″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”1200″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”1201″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”1208″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”1608″ = “0″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”1804″ = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones\4\”2500″ = “3″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Enable Browser Extensions” = “yes”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Windir%\system32\”winav.exe” = “%Windir%\system32\winav.exe:*:Enabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22019″
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\”(Default Value)” = “htmlfile”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\”(Default Value)” = “htmlfile”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shtml\”(Default Value)” = “htmlfile”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xht\”(Default Value)” = “htmlfile”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xhtml\”(Default Value)” = “htmlfile”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\”EnableBalloonTips” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\”EnableBalloonTips” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\”DisableTaskMgr” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\”DisableTaskMgr” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\”NoControlPanel” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\”NoControlPanel” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\”DisableRegistryTools” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\”DisableRegistryTools” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\windows\Windows Update\”NoAutoUpdate” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\”NoAutoUpdate” = “1″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\”NoWindowsUpdate” = “1″
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\gopher\shell\open\command\:”"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “-nohome”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\gopher\shell\open\command\: “”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “%1″
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\command\: “”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “-nohome”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP\shell\open\command\: “”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “%1″
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command\: “”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “-nohome”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command\: “”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\”iexplore.exe” = “%1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Default_Search_URL” = “http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Default_Search_URL” = “http://www.google.com/ie”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Search Page” = “http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Search Page” = “http://www.google.com”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Start Page” = “http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd={SUB_PRD}&clcid={SUB_CLSID}&pver={SUB_PVER}&ar=home”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Start Page” = “http://www.google.com”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Start Page” = “http://www.google.com/”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Start Page” = “http://www.google.com”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Search Page” = “http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\”Search Page” = “http://www.google.com”
6. Remove any unwanted values added to your Windows Hosts File. See Clean Hosts File.
7. Exit registry editor.
8. Restart the computer.
9. In order to make sure that threat is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. Another way to delete the virus using various Antivirus Program without the need to install can be done with Online Virus Scanner.
These are good instructions, but for my instance of this problem, the registry key was HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”braviax” unstead of:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”WinAVX”
I’m guessing the trojan will name itself different things. We should start a vigilante group that beats up hackers. ugh!
Cant you just put ur PC back in time??
I usely do that with my virusses
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