FakeAlert.AQF Description

FakeAlert.AQF is a dangerous Trojan that can install rogue anti-spyware applications onto the infected computer. FakeAlert.AQF can lead to the installation of other malware parasites without permission from the computer user. FakeAlert.AQF is also known to populate the system registry with malicious entries that can cause parasites to load into memory at startup of Windows making it difficult to manually remove.

Type: Trojans

How Can You Detect FakeAlert.AQF?

FakeAlert.AQF Technical Report

As new FakeAlert.AQF details are reported by our customers and findings from our Threat Research Center, we will update this section.

The following FakeAlert.AQF files with its MD5s were created in the system:

FakeAlert.AQF has typically the following processes in memory:

• mccklrp32.dll
• windep.exe

FakeAlert.AQF creates the following registry entries:

• RUNNING PROGRAMExplorer.EXE
• HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONRUN Smax4v

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