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ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "microav.exe":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "microav.exe" has always been identified as a threat.
File "microav.exe" has the following statistics:
Total number of reports analysed611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "microav.exe"61
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat61
Statistical volume of cases when "microav.exe" was a threat100%
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The file "microav.exe" is known to be created under the following filenames:
%ProgramFiles%\microantivirus\microav.exe
%ProgramFiles%\microav\microav.exe
Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.

The file "microav.exe" has the following possible country of origin:
OriginNumber of Incidents
Russian Federation40

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "microav.exe":
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
Trojan.Fakeavalert [Symantec]962
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.SpywarePreventer.u [Kaspersky Lab]960
Generic.dx [McAfee]802
Troj/FakeAV-DE [Sophos]736
TROJ_FAKEALER.GI [Trend Micro]704
Program:Win32/FakeSecSen [Microsoft]424
Trojan.Fakeavalert!sd6 [PC Tools]354
AntiVirus2009 [Symantec]237
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.ak [Kaspersky Lab]204
Virus.Win32.FakeAlert.S [Ikarus]69
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.SpywarePreventer.y [Kaspersky Lab]56
FakeAlert-AB [McAfee]51
Troj/FakeAle-HT [Sophos]51
Trojan:Win32/FakeSecSen [Microsoft]31
AntiVirus2008 [Symantec]28
Generic PUP.z [McAfee]14
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.AntiVirus2008.em [Kaspersky Lab]8
Generic PUP.x [McAfee]4
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.XPAntivirus.tt [Kaspersky Lab]4
Mal/FakeAV-E [Sophos]2
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.ab [Kaspersky Lab]2