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Rogue:W32/BraveSentry

Classification

Category:

Riskware

Type:

Rogue

Summary

Dishonest antivirus software which tricks users into buying or installing it, usually by infecting a user's computer, or by pretending the computer is infected.

Removal

Technical Details

Rogue:W32/BraveSentry is a rogue antivirus program that reports fake scanning results to the user in order to dupe them into purchasing the "professional" version of the product.

The rogue indicates that the user "shuld purchase a license" to remove any threats found:

Upon running the evaluation, this rogue will display a window similar to this one:

If something is found the rogue can issue warnings like this:

When you press the close button, it will be minimized to the system tray and display this:

It will also install itself in the system via these registry keys:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSentry
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BraveSentry

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