What is the Artemis virus on McAfee?

Unlike viruses, Trojans do not self-replicate. They are spread manually, often under the premise that they are beneficial or wanted. The most common installation methods involve system or security exploitation, and unsuspecting users manually executing unknown programs. read more

Virus Characteristics. Upon execution the Trojan copies itself into the following location. %SysDir%\srvrest.exe %WinDir%\dirsys.exe; The following registry keys have been added to the system: read more

Artemis!0914D934EF1D is a heuristic detection (from McAfee) designed to generically detect a Potentially Unwanted Program. A potentially unwanted application is a program that contains adware, installs toolbars or has other unclear objectives. read more

Virus Characteristics. When executed, the following registry key has been added: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\] read more