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Trojan:Win32/FakeIA.C
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/FakeAlert.RW (CA) Dropped:Trojan.FakeAv.DS (BitDefender) FakeAlert-AB (McAfee) Trojan.Fakeavalert (Symantec) not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.Delf.d (Kaspersky)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/FakeIA.C is a trojan that may display product names or logos in an apparently unlawful attempt to impersonate Microsoft products. It pretends to be an application similar in appearance to the Windows Security Center.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
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