Trojan.FakeMS
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Short bio
Trojan.FakeMS is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for trojansthat try to pose as legitimate Microsoft files.
Protection
![block Trojan.FakeMS](https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/trojanfamkemsblock.png)
Malwarebytes blocks Trojan.FakeMS
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.FakeMS without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytesto your desktop.
- Double-click MBSetup.exeand follow the prompts to install the program.
- When your Malwarebytes for Windowsinstallation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
- Click on the Get startedbutton.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantineto remove the found threats.
- Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.
Business remediation
How to remove Trojan.FakeMS with the Malwarebytes Nebula console
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
![endpoint menu](https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/04/endpointmenu.png)
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.
![Nebula detections](https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Nebula_new.png)
On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.
![Nebula Quarantaine](https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/quarantine1.png)