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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Mar 12, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

HackTool:Win32/Patch.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win-Trojan/Patch.71133 (AhnLab) Suspicious_F.gen (Norman) Troj/Patch-F (Sophos) Trojan.Patch.F (Sunbelt Software) Trojan.Keygen.Q (other)

Summary

HackTool:Win32/Patch.A is a generic detection for a series of hacking tools intended to "patch" programs that may be evaluation copies, or unregistered versions with limited features.
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 Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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