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ThreatExpert's Statistics for FakeAlert-CP [McAfee]:

FakeAlert-CP [McAfee] is also known as:
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
Trojan:Win32/PrivacyCenter [Microsoft]37
PrivacyCenter [Symantec]35
Troj/FakeAV-QP [Sophos]10
Mal/FakeAV-AV [Sophos]7
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.y [Kaspersky Lab]4
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.ad [Kaspersky Lab]4
Win-Trojan/Fakealert.1859584 [AhnLab]4
Win-Trojan/Xema.variant [AhnLab]4
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdAgent.v [Kaspersky Lab]3
Win-Trojan/Fakealert.553984 [AhnLab]3
Troj/PrvCnt-Gen, Mal/FakeAV-AV [Sophos]2
Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec]1
Mal/FakeAv-Z [Sophos]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.c [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.cf [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.du [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.PrivacyCenter.w [Kaspersky Lab]1
Trojan:Win32/FakeIA.J [Microsoft]1

FakeAlert-CP [McAfee] has the following possible country of origin:
OriginNumber of Incidents
Russian Federation10

FakeAlert-CP [McAfee] is known to be created as:
%ProgramFiles%\pc\agent.exe
%ProgramFiles%\pc\pc.exe
%ProgramFiles%\pcenter\agent.exe
%ProgramFiles%\pcenter\pc.exe
%ProgramFiles%\privacy center\agent.exe
%ProgramFiles%\privacy center\pc.exe
%Temp%\pc.exe
Notes:
  • %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.
  • %Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).