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Backdoor:Win32/Phdet
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Backdoor:Win32/Phdet is a generic detection for a family of backdoor trojans that is used to perform Distributed Denial of Service attacks against specified targets.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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