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trojan.Popuper spyware installs malicious files as well as rogue antispyware and antivirus applications. Popuper creates a system tray icon that tells the user that they are infected and prompts them to install a variety of rogue protection software.
Trojan.Popuper can be installed in a number of ways, most commonly through a false codec package like Media-Codec, PCodec, IntCodec, ZipCodec and SoftCodec. There are also other applications that it masquerades as, such as Public Messenger, Safety Bar, Safety Alerter 2006, and X Password Manager.
Some of the rogue protection software that Trojan.Popuper has installed includes; AntiVermins, WinFixer, Spyware Heal, MalwareWiped, SpyMarshal, and VirusBurst.
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malware Type: Spyware
Discovered: 2006-10-12
Added: 2006-10-12
Threat ID: 159561 |
