Joke-Gspot
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Characteristics
This is a practical joke program. It is not a trojan or virus.
It is considered as a Potentially Unwanted Program
File: gspot.exe
Hash: f48efad07a617c51cd82baf14bfbc2ad
On execution, this program displays the following picture.
The scrolling text above the picture states that the computer is infected by a virus and needs to be fixed. Later it says that it was kidding about the virus. This scrolling text is displayed repeatedly.
This program can be terminated by pressing any key.
This application does not create any files or registry entries for loading at startup.
Detection of this type of program is not activated by default.
Users who would like to check for the presence of this kind of files on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
To enable the automatic detection of such programs - see removal instructions
