FakeRean

Aliases: Braviax

First seen
2009-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan
Family
Malware family
Last IoC activity
2026-05-02 06:35:48
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:00:50

Context

FakeRean, also known as Braviax, is a trojan that masquerades as legitimate security software. It delivers fake malware alerts to convince users to purchase non-existent full versions of the software, a common characteristic of scareware.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Fakerean_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Fakerean (report)
  • exploit-db.com — 18387 Malware Reverse Engineering Part 1 Static Analysis (report)
  • Microsoft — Malware Encyclopedia Description (report)
  • 0x3asecurity.wordpress.com — 134260124544 (report)

External references