HackTool.Win32.HackAV

HackTool.Win32.HackAV or not-a-virus:Keygen (or HackTool:Win32/Keygen (Microsoft Malware Protection Center)) is the definition from Kaspersky Labs for a program designed to assist hacking. These programs often contain the signatures of potential malware, that is not dangerous by itself, but can interfere with the work on a PC, or can be used by a hacker to get some personal information from a user's computer.

According to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, its first known detection goes back to July 16, 2009.[1]

Behaviour

This riskware is able to create license keys for illegally downloaded, non-registered software.[2] This kind of tool may appear differently, depending on what software the tool is designed to create a key for.[1] The following security threats were most often found on PCs that have been related to these tools:

Other aliases

See also

References
  1. "HackTool:Win32/Keygen threat description". Microsoft Security Intelligence. Microsoft. 16 July 2009. Updated Sep 15, 2017
  2. "Application:W32/Keygen Description". F-Secure Labs. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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