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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Apr 05, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Trojan:Win32/Waledac.gen!A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32/Waledac.gen (McAfee) W32.Waledac (Symantec)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Waledac.gen!A is a trojan that collects e-mail addresses found on the computer on which it is installed and distributes spam e-mail messages. Win32/Waledac.A may also try to contact different websites for posting data and downloading arbitrary executable files.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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