Trojan.FakeInit
Posted: February 19, 2009
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 9/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 1,225 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Trojan.FakeInit is a form of malware that promotes rogue anti-spyware programs. Trojan.FakeInit will cause your PC screen to display phony security warnings and pop ups claiming that your PC is infected. This is only a scam scheme to try to scare or trick you into purchasing bogus anti-spyware programs. In addition Trojan.FakeInit has the ability to install more malware onto your computer. Don't be fooled by these false security warnings and do NOT purchase the phony anti-spware program. If you believe that your PC is infected with Trojan.FakeInit, remove it as soon as possible.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 36.86 KB (36864 bytes)
MD5: ecc721d3402f2a514aad84e74d76e982
Detection count: 187
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 31.23 KB (31232 bytes)
MD5: 045e5e1cd7204f8337bd12cbca4c6e67
Detection count: 138
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 43 KB (43008 bytes)
MD5: df97291de748dcc4e3b23c601a4ae8b5
Detection count: 110
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 7, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 22.01 KB (22016 bytes)
MD5: 70ca46ef7ed88bb69c7db32792af0f4e
Detection count: 91
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 27.64 KB (27648 bytes)
MD5: 0ef4abe03a1aa7181d82db73ccb9442f
Detection count: 87
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 57.85 KB (57856 bytes)
MD5: 02ccbb1643572308b3b88dff6a1b5ac0
Detection count: 64
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 57.85 KB (57856 bytes)
MD5: 8035d36a0a31be2091a237d549b290bc
Detection count: 63
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 27.64 KB (27648 bytes)
MD5: 5b13a31f1dd977361f273617f726970a
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 57.85 KB (57856 bytes)
MD5: 874a221fb2376e2e26dc50a24be4baa4
Detection count: 62
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 57.85 KB (57856 bytes)
MD5: e93b884e094f8b46ab212fd62909772c
Detection count: 61
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
ntdll64.dll
File name: ntdll64.dllSize: 51.71 KB (51712 bytes)
MD5: 50a19df9a2475911708fb1807cbf19e5
Detection count: 60
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 15, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: 6738994652157f63104aea2174fa3925
Detection count: 50
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 29.69 KB (29696 bytes)
MD5: 7c66adf55cb95390d80170af20e7c8ab
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 21, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 18.94 KB (18944 bytes)
MD5: 5b78978dbc214024223a4ba09d84c43e
Detection count: 26
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 38.4 KB (38400 bytes)
MD5: 616ee4147b16607d3a2141c85ab6a2a6
Detection count: 21
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 8, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 40.44 KB (40448 bytes)
MD5: 63d21bd6a4c64bcd9e4b538d03f9003b
Detection count: 21
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 27.64 KB (27648 bytes)
MD5: 040cbde3faca1dc956e6a123d3383bea
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 27.64 KB (27648 bytes)
MD5: 5a5a6c6380900b697356e667ca8a975e
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 27.64 KB (27648 bytes)
MD5: 6939a3ef895981e349654ec9f793334d
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\winlogon32.exe
File name: winlogon32.exeSize: 48.12 KB (48128 bytes)
MD5: ec4368b35982bbf66583b6bffe022096
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 12, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\helpers32.dll
File name: helpers32.dllSize: 52.73 KB (52736 bytes)
MD5: 47ba0250af980871cc8e97612e23be80
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 7, 2010
%WINDIR%\system32\userinit.exe
File name: userinit.exeSize: 104.96 KB (104960 bytes)
MD5: fb210d6b995c0ce397f5b081e5169213
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2012
%WINDIR%\system32\userinit.exe
File name: userinit.exeSize: 104.96 KB (104960 bytes)
MD5: 8ac2411511f26af80a4eb34be145c7a7
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\system32
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 19, 2012
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I am having a big problem. Recently I have been hit by this Win32:fakeinit-H[TRJ] and I am not sure how to manually remove it. I have scanned with Avast, MalwareBytes and Windows Defender but I don't think they can remove it totally. I read your manually removing virus steps but I can't understand it. I tried to find the processes but I don't know which processes are virus processes and which are not. What should I do? Thanks!
This trojan has disabled the "Task Manager" so I am unable to stop/remove the "Fakeinit" processes.
I am also running RegistryFix and it gets to the a point in the registry and reboots my PC.
Can you offer any other advice?
Thanks
John