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)