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Trojan.Downloader.JJMW

LOW
VERY LOW
~16 kB
()

Symptoms

Messages in the Web browser claiming the computer is infected (see below for image examples).

Although the messages look lile Windows XP windows they are just images and they are shown by the Web browser, not by other application running on the user's computer.

Fake Window: Harmful Detected

Fake Window: install ActiveX

Removal instructions:

Please let BitDefender delete the infected files.

Analyzed By

Andrei DAMIAN-FEKETE, virus researcher

Technical Description:

Detected files are webpages containing JavaScript.

Primary method of installing the malware is tricking the user into thinking he/she needs those program to clean his/her computer.

Another method is using vulnerable programs already installed on the user's computer. For example the script tries to use an ActiveX component installed by a rogue antivirus (WinFixer)