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Information on how you can unmask Fake Antivirus (AV)

    • Updated:
    • 25 Mar 2019
    • Product/Version:
    • InterScan Messaging Security Suite 7.1 Windows
    • InterScan Messaging Security Suite 7.5
    • InterScan Messaging Security Suite 7.5 Windows
    • InterScan Web Security Suite 3.1 Windows
    • ScanMail for Exchange 11.0
    • ScanMail for Exchange 12.0
    • ScanMail for Exchange 12.0
    • ScanMail for Exchange 12.5
    • ScanMail for Exchange 14.0
    • Scanmail for IBM Domino 5.0
    • ScanMail for Lotus Domino 5.0 Windows
    • ServerProtect 5.8
    • ServerProtect for Microsoft Windows/Novell Netware 5.7
    • ServerProtect for Microsoft Windows/Novell Netware 5.8
    • Threat Discovery Appliance 2.5
    • Platform:
    • Windows 2003 Compute Cluster Server
    • Windows 2003 Datacenter Server
    • Windows 2003 Datacenter Server Edition 64-bit
    • Windows 2003 Enterprise Server
    • Windows 2003 Home Server
    • Windows 2003 Small Business Server
    • Windows 2003 Standard Server Edition
    • Windows 2003 Standard Server Edition 64-bit
    • Windows 2003 Storage Server
    • Windows 2003 Web Server Edition
    • Windows 2008 Enterprise Server
    • Windows 2008 Standard Server Edition
    • Windows Vista 32-bit
    • Windows XP Home
Summary

Learn how Fake AV arrives on a computer system and what are the available Trend Micro solutions to combat this threat.

Details
Public

Fake AV or rogue antivirus software has been prevalent in the market today and has affected millions of computers.

The attached Unmasking Fake AV document contains information on the following topics:

  • Infection Vectors
  • Proliferation via Malicious Routine
  • Malware Transformation
  • Evolution of Fake AV
  • Notable Malware Behavior
  • Online and Local
  • Protection against Fake AV
  • Recovering from a Fake AV infection
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Internal
Rating:
Category:
Remove a Malware / Virus
Solution Id:
1055340
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