Notice
This is a Low-Profiled Threat Notice for Generic FakeAlert!htm

Justification

Generic FakeAlert!htm has been deemed Low-Profiled due to media attention at

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/23/ec...scareware_scam/
http://blog.trendmicro.com/solar-eclipse-2.../#ixzz0M5E2bRIK


Read About It
Information about Generic FakeAlert!htm is located on VIL at: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_154295.htm

The downloaded file is detected as FakeAlert-DI
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_158054.htm


Detection
Generic FakeAlert!htm was first discovered on March 16, 2009. The 5687 DAT file that will be released on July 25, 2009 pro-actively provides coverage for Generic FakeAlert!htm under all products

Though we consider this a low threat, An EXTRA.DAT file may be downloaded via the McAfee AVERT EXTRA.DAT Request Page: https://www.webimmune.net/extra/getextra.aspx

To stay updated and protected download the latest dat files from http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/index.html

If you suspect you have Generic FakeAlert!htm, please submit a sample to http://www.webimmune.net