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7 entries found.
Updated on May 20, 2014

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. 

This threat claims to scan your PC for malware and then shows you fake warnings. They try to convince you to pay to register the software to remove the non-existent threats.

See the Win32/FakeCog description for more information.

Alert level: low
Updated on Aug 06, 2014

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This family of rogue security programs pretend to scan your PC for malware, and often report lots of infections. The program will say you have to pay for it before it can fully clean your PC.

However, the program hasn't really detected any malware at all and isn't really an antivirus or antimalware scanner. It just looks like one so you'll send money to the people who made the program. Some of these programs use product names or logos that unlawfully impersonate Microsoft products.

Even if you do pay to "unlock" the app, it won't do anything because your PC isn't actually infected with all that malware it "found".

Different brands of the rogues may modify various settings on your computer, end or close programs or system services, or block access to websites.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Oct 27, 2015

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. 

This threat claims to scan your PC for malware and then shows you fake warnings. They try to convince you to pay to register the software to remove the non-existent threats.

See the Win32/FakeCog description for more information.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Also detected as: Trojan:Win32/FakeCog(Microsoft)
Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 07, 2010
Win32/Alureon is a multi-component family of data-stealing trojans. These trojans allow an attacker to intercept incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in order to gather confidential information such as user names, passwords, and credit card data. The Win32/Alureon trojan may also allow an attacker to transmit malicious data to the infected computer. The trojan may modify DNS settings on the host computer to enable the attacker to perform these tasks. As a result, it may be necessary to reconfigure DNS settings after Win32/Alureon is removed from the computer.
 
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DA is used to download and install other malware, such as Rogue:Win32/FakeCog
Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 07, 2010
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DC is a member of Win32/Alureon - a multi-component family of trojans involved in a broad range of subversive activities online that generate revenue from various sources for its controllers. Mostly, Win32/Alureon is associated with moderating affected user's activities online to the attacker's benefit. In the wild, Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DC is used to download and install other malware, such as Rogue:Win32/FakeCog
Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 07, 2010
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.BT is a trojan that may modify the system's security settings and may drop other malware.
 
For more information refer to the description for the Win32/Alureon family.
Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 07, 2010
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DH is a member of Win32/Alureon - a multi-component family of trojans involved in a broad range of subversive activities online that generate revenue from various sources for its controllers. Mostly, Win32/Alureon is associated with moderating an affected user's activities online to the attacker's benefit. In the wild, Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DH is used to download and install other malware, such as Rogue:Win32/FakeCog.
Alert level: severe