Trojan:DOS/Alureon.E
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
The threat is a member of the Alureon family of data-stealing trojans. These trojans can give a malicious hacker access to your PC to steal your confidential information, such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
See the Alureon and DOS/Alureon family descriptionfor more information.
Win32/Alureon
Windows Defender detects this threat.
This family of data-stealing trojans can give a malicious hacker access to collect confidential information stored in your PC, such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
They can also send malicious data to your PC and corrupt some driver files, making them unusable.
Win64/Alureon
Microsoft security software detects this threat.
This family of data-stealing trojans can give a malicious hacker access to collect confidential information stored in your PC, such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
They can also send malicious data to your PC and corrupt some driver files, making them unusable.
DOS/Alureon
WinNT/Alureon
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.GN
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.GM
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DN
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DA
Virus:Win32/Alureon.F
Virus:Win32/Alureon.C
- modifying affected user's search results (search hijacking)
- redirecting affected user's browsing to sites of the attacker's choice (browser hijacking)
- changing DNS settings in order to redirect users to sites of the attacker's choice without the affected user's knowledge
- downloading and executing arbitrary files, including additional components and other malware
- serving illegitimate advertising
- installing Rogue security software
- banner clicking
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.DX
Trojan:WinNT/Alureon.H
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FJ
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FJ is a trojan that drops a malicious driver, detected as Trojan:WinNT/Alureon.Z, in the affected computer.
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FE
Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FE is a trojan that installs other variants of Win32/Alureon, a family of data-stealing trojans. These trojans allow an attacker to intercept incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in order to gather confidential information such as user names, passwords, and credit card data. It may also allow an attacker to transmit malicious data to the infected computer. The trojan may modify DNS settings on the host computer to enable the attacker to perform these tasks. As a result, it may be necessary to reconfigure DNS settings after disinfection. Trojan:Win32/Alureon.FE also modifies the MBR to execute installed Alureon components.
Virus:Win32/Alureon.gen!B
Microsoft security software detects this threat.
This virus is part of the Win32/Alureon family of data-stealing malware. They can give a malicious hacker access to steal your confidential information such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
Trojan:DOS/Alureon.F
Trojan:DOS/Alureon.F is a Master Boot Records (MBR) infected by certain variants of the Win32/Alureon rootkit family. The rootkit can infect both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Virus:Win32/Alureon.H
Windows Defender detects this threat.
This virus is part of the Win32/Alureon family of data-stealing malware. They can give a malicious hacker access to steal your confidential information such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
Virus:Win64/Alureon.gen!A
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
This threat is a member of the Win32/Alureon family of data-stealing malware.
A hacker can use Alureon to gather your confidential information, like your user names, passwords, and credit card data. They might also be able to transmit malicious data to your PC.
There is more information about this type of threat in the Alureon family description.