AntiVirus2008

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AntiVirus2008 Destructivity: Spreading: Overall risk:
  
• Detected by virus detection files published: 8/15/2008 • Type: Trojan
• Virus characteristics first published: 8/15/2008 • Spreading mechanism: Email, Webpage
• Virus characteristics latest update: 8/15/2008 • Overall risk: Medium
• Alias: FakeAlert • Payload: Downloads and installs malware

Virus type Spreading
mechanism 		Destructivity
and payload 		Additional
descriptions 		Detection
and removal
Email characteristics:
  • Subject: (Several different subjects)
  • Body:

    (Several different body variants)

  • Attachment:

"Drive-by" infection by download script on infected websites which the user has been tricked into visiting by a forged email or by downloading the software from the creators' web site.
When visiting a malicious website you will get a message that you need to download new version of Video ActiveX Object to play a video.

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You will then get a question if you want to run or save a file.

If you run the file Antivirus2008 will be installed and you will get lot of popups with false virus warnings and a message informing you that you will have to pay for the full version of Antivirus 2008 to remove all these threats.

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