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

FakeAlert-GM [McAfee] is also known as:
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
MalwareBot [Symantec]6
Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]4
Packed.Win32.Krap.w [Kaspersky Lab]2
Virus.Win32.Virut.ce [Kaspersky Lab]2
AdWare.AdSpy [Ikarus]1
Mal/FakeAV-AQ [Sophos]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.AdwareAlert.j [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.RegistryFox [Ikarus]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.RegistryFox.a [Kaspersky Lab]1
Packed.Win32.Tdss [Ikarus]1
Packed.Win32.TDSS.z [Kaspersky Lab]1
Trojan Horse [Symantec]1
Trojan.Dropper [PC Tools]1
Trojan.Dropper [Symantec]1
Trojan.Generic [PC Tools]1
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.wso [Kaspersky Lab]1
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.wwk [Kaspersky Lab]1
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad [Ikarus]1

FakeAlert-GM [McAfee] has the following possible countries of origin:
OriginNumber of Incidents
Russian Federation2
Ukraine2
United Kingdom2

FakeAlert-GM [McAfee] is known to be created as:
%ProgramFiles%\malwarebot\malwarebot.exe
%Temp%\7zs1.tmp\malwarebot\malwarebot.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).