Mal/fakeAV-MQ

By ZulaZuza in Trojans

Threat Scorecard

Ranking:	16,363
Threat Level:	90 % (High)
Infected Computers:	97

First Seen:	December 27, 2011
Last Seen:	July 11, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Mal/fakeAV-MQ is a hazardous Trojan which poses as a genuine anti-virus program. Mal/fakeAV-MQ is also associated with other rogue system security tools that simulate system registry cleanup and activities that aim at deleting security issues. Mal/fakeAV-MQ shows fabricated pop-up advertisements and warning messages. Mal/fakeAV-MQ can slow down the compromised machine and decrease PC performance. Find a legitimate anti-malware application to completely uninstall Mal/fakeAV-MQ from the compromised PC system.

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Aliases

15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.

Anti-Virus Software	Detection
Ikarus	Rogue
AntiVir	TR/Fake.Rean.3433
Kaspersky	Hoax.Win32.ExpProc.acfa
NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.PGZ
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
AVG	FakeAlert.AFD
Fortinet	W32/VUNDO.SMIB!tr
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.FakeAV.gen
eTrust-Vet	Win32/FraudXPSecurity.C!generic
AntiVir	TR/Fakealert.AC.88
DrWeb	Trojan.FakeAV.9225
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.KDV.298654
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.FakeAV.ebcn
eSafe	Win32.Kryptik.Qqx
Avast	Win32:Renosa-J [Wrm]

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File System Details

Mal/fakeAV-MQ may create the following file(s):

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#	File Name	MD5	Detections Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
1.	fqa.exe	f1288506b35cb89856d0ec3eac3525b6	3
Name: fqa.exe MD5: f1288506b35cb89856d0ec3eac3525b6 Size: 274.43 KB (274432 bytes) Detections: 3 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 16, 2012
2.	aqp.exe	038413d130be91ffb7c8bc6888b958d8	3
Name: aqp.exe MD5: 038413d130be91ffb7c8bc6888b958d8 Size: 269.31 KB (269312 bytes) Detections: 3 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2012
3.	mnm.exe	92eee836c58ead37903ecc3bf513930d	2
Name: mnm.exe MD5: 92eee836c58ead37903ecc3bf513930d Size: 271.36 KB (271360 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 16, 2012
4.	sin.exe	da1ce186e91af35f349ce41b16f64f1f	2
Name: sin.exe MD5: da1ce186e91af35f349ce41b16f64f1f Size: 273.92 KB (273920 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
5.	eyv.exe	4246f84529b9a70af294ab0fc745c21c	1
Name: eyv.exe MD5: 4246f84529b9a70af294ab0fc745c21c Size: 329.21 KB (329216 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 26, 2012
6.	lpy.exe	759ab13a17c12fb56eef5583e4024016	1
Name: lpy.exe MD5: 759ab13a17c12fb56eef5583e4024016 Size: 328.19 KB (328192 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 19, 2012
7.	djn.exe	b2addfe0ba382269afc4e43e955f3317	1
Name: djn.exe MD5: b2addfe0ba382269afc4e43e955f3317 Size: 335.36 KB (335360 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: February 13, 2012
8.	ucj.exe	02ceaa516b757f56911772d8628eb9d9	1
Name: ucj.exe MD5: 02ceaa516b757f56911772d8628eb9d9 Size: 337.4 KB (337408 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 1, 2012
9.	vvf.exe	8c01a26ccd73f601c639d1c3a5a5e957	1
Name: vvf.exe MD5: 8c01a26ccd73f601c639d1c3a5a5e957 Size: 296.44 KB (296448 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
10.	agi.exe	712a6cdddf46c4b449f032317f82363c	1
Name: agi.exe MD5: 712a6cdddf46c4b449f032317f82363c Size: 293.88 KB (293888 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
11.	sul.exe	ccdb7fa012f5d86027d47cdb9640bc23	1
Name: sul.exe MD5: ccdb7fa012f5d86027d47cdb9640bc23 Size: 292.86 KB (292864 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
12.	awn.exe	1e8ba5815f16c10d7ecc82ea19f395c9	1
Name: awn.exe MD5: 1e8ba5815f16c10d7ecc82ea19f395c9 Size: 279.04 KB (279040 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
13.	rcu.exe	5f12898f1acf1ad18776605e63d70c27	1
Name: rcu.exe MD5: 5f12898f1acf1ad18776605e63d70c27 Size: 271.36 KB (271360 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
14.	juh.exe	44bb4bc3e81306c01cabd1ef4b88faab	1
Name: juh.exe MD5: 44bb4bc3e81306c01cabd1ef4b88faab Size: 272.89 KB (272896 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2012
15.	akx.exe	6057ca5cb483e8c78522941964aeda86	1
Name: akx.exe MD5: 6057ca5cb483e8c78522941964aeda86 Size: 270.84 KB (270848 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 10, 2012
16.	fyk.exe	e69cde49823bf7d383ce2d8d87e3c5ec	1
Name: fyk.exe MD5: e69cde49823bf7d383ce2d8d87e3c5ec Size: 270.84 KB (270848 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: March 6, 2012
17.	avo.exe	67d39a89aef0f9b3e6bebef537bc8529	1
Name: avo.exe MD5: 67d39a89aef0f9b3e6bebef537bc8529 Size: 270.84 KB (270848 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2012
18.	hsg.exe	e7e6e659624801ef4bdb6d4c380b6ffb	1
Name: hsg.exe MD5: e7e6e659624801ef4bdb6d4c380b6ffb Size: 272.38 KB (272384 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2012
19.	vea.exe	7d76e194400102ca96963448eb341e4d	1
Name: vea.exe MD5: 7d76e194400102ca96963448eb341e4d Size: 270.84 KB (270848 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2012
20.	dpm.exe	abe751de00b6067638452cc2dbc5cd5a	1
Name: dpm.exe MD5: abe751de00b6067638452cc2dbc5cd5a Size: 279.04 KB (279040 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 13, 2012
21.	ums.exe	7ce44e56639f5ce99e9f1f1f9b24b9a1	1
Name: ums.exe MD5: 7ce44e56639f5ce99e9f1f1f9b24b9a1 Size: 272.38 KB (272384 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 17, 2012
22.	uqt.exe	a7a51d4df9fcfe58343c4260ce1e634e	1
Name: uqt.exe MD5: a7a51d4df9fcfe58343c4260ce1e634e Size: 281.6 KB (281600 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 23, 2012
23.	ort.exe	be21b4cc644986b656aabf3fb47367e9	1
Name: ort.exe MD5: be21b4cc644986b656aabf3fb47367e9 Size: 286.2 KB (286208 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 19, 2012
24.	all.exe	c47859ff290ec4dd50ffcca50cd2161b	1
Name: all.exe MD5: c47859ff290ec4dd50ffcca50cd2161b Size: 273.92 KB (273920 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %LOCALAPPDATA% Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 15, 2012
25.	%TEMP%\.exe
Name: %TEMP%\.exe Type: Executable File Group: Malware file

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Registry Details

Mal/fakeAV-MQ may create the following registry entry or registry entries:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = '1'

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