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FakeDeath.A - Worm
Threat Level I
Damage II
Distribution I
Common name: FakeDeath.A
Technical name: W32/FakeDeath.A.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm
Effects: It reaches the computer passing itself off as some news related to the fake death of Fidel Castro. It downloads several variants of Trojans belonging to the Banker family to the affected computer and distribute them through the shared directories belonging to several programs such as mIRC, eDonkey or KaZaA.
Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
First detected on: March 7, 2008
Detection updated on: March 11, 2008
Statistics No
Proactive protection: Yes, using Antivirus Softwares
FakeDeath.A is a worm that downloads several variants of Trojans belonging to the Banker family to the affected computer. Then, these files are distributed through the shared directories belonging to several programs such as mIRC, eDonkey or KaZaA.
The variants belonging to the Banker family are designed to obtain confidential information, such as passwords, from the affected computer.
Additionally, it carries out several modifications in the Windows Registry, which prevent the user from carrying out the following actions, among others:
Viewing the processes that are being run through the Task Manager.
Turning off the computer and logging off, as it disables both options of the Start menu.
FakeDeath.A spreads via shared and mapped drives, making copies of itself in them.
Visible Symptoms
FakeDeath.A is easy to recognize once it has affected the computer, as it reaches the computer in a file with the icon of a picture:
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