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ThreatExpert's Statistics for Generic.Win32.Malware.Antivirus2008 [Ikarus]:

Generic.Win32.Malware.Antivirus2008 [Ikarus] is also known as:
Threat AliasNumber of Incidents
Mal/FakeAV-F [Sophos]113
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.r [Kaspersky Lab]102
AntiVirus2008 [Symantec]68
AntiVirus2009 [Symantec]65
Generic PUP.x [McAfee]62
Trojan:Win32/FakeSecSen [Microsoft]41
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.cq [Kaspersky Lab]37
Generic.dx [McAfee]27
Program:Win32/Antivirus2008 [Microsoft]23
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.cc [Kaspersky Lab]22
Downloader.MisleadApp [Symantec]20
TROJ_FAKEALER.VL [Trend Micro]20
TROJ_FAKEAV.JI [Trend Micro]18
RogueAntiSpyware.MS_Antivirus [PC Tools]15
Trojan-Downloader.MisleadApp!sd6 [PC Tools]14
Troj/FakeVir-FL [Sophos]12
FakeAlert-AB [McAfee]9
TROJ_FAKEALRT.CQ [Trend Micro]8
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.cp [Kaspersky Lab]7
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.cf [Kaspersky Lab]5
Mal/FakeAV-E [Sophos]4
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.w [Kaspersky Lab]4
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.cb [Kaspersky Lab]4
Program:Win32/FakeSecSen [Microsoft]3
Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.aiq [Kaspersky Lab]3
XPAntivirus [Symantec]3
Generic PUP.z [McAfee]2
Mal/EncPk-CZ [Sophos]2
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.av [Kaspersky Lab]2
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.bi [Kaspersky Lab]2
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.bu [Kaspersky Lab]2
FakeAlert-AB.dldr.gen [McAfee]1
Mal/EncPk-CZ, Mal/EncPk-EI [Sophos]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.AntiVirus2008.ab [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.ak [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.MSAntivirus.h [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.SpywarePreventer.o [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.SystemAntivirus2008.a [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.ce [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.cw [Kaspersky Lab]1
not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.UltimateAntivirus.db [Kaspersky Lab]1
Packed.Generic.177 [Symantec]1
RogueAntiSpyware.AdvancedAntivirus [PC Tools]1
RogueAntiSpyware.generic!ct [PC Tools]1
TROJ_FAKEALE.BD [Trend Micro]1
TROJ_FAKEAV.GT [Trend Micro]1
Trojan.Fakeavalert [Symantec]1
Trojan.FraudPack!sd6 [PC Tools]1
Trojan:Win32/FakeXPA [Microsoft]1
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.vahu [Kaspersky Lab]1
Win-Trojan/Fraudpack.Gen [AhnLab]1

Generic.Win32.Malware.Antivirus2008 [Ikarus] has the following possible countries of origin:
OriginNumber of Incidents
Russian Federation9
Ukraine1

Generic.Win32.Malware.Antivirus2008 [Ikarus] is known to be created as:
%ProgramFiles%\antivirus 2008\antvrs.exe
%ProgramFiles%\avm\avm.exe
%ProgramFiles%\pchealthcenter\5.exe
Note: %ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.