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Published Nov 11, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:Win32/Mabezat.gen

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/Mabezat (AhnLab) W32/Mabezat.A-1 (Command) Worm/Mabezat.A.dropper (AVG) W32/Mabezat (Avira) Win32.HLLW.Tazebama (Dr.Web) Worm.Win32.Mabezat.b (Kaspersky) W32/Mabezat.a (McAfee) W32/Mabezat.B (Norman) W32/Mabezat.C (Panda) Win32.Mabezat.b (Rising AV) W32.Mabezat.B!inf (Symantec) PE_MABEZAT.B-2 (Trend Micro) Worm.Mabezat.C (VirusBuster)

Summary

Virus:Win32/Mabezat.gen is the generic detection for the polymorphic virus family Mabezat.
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/.
Additional Recovery Instructions
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
 
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
 
To remove/modify the changes that Virus:Win32/Mabezat.gen has made to your computer, follow these steps:
 
1) Click Start and then click Run.
2) In the Open box, type regedit and then click OK.
3) Locate and then click on the following registry key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
4) On the right panel, right-click on the following registry entry:
Userinit
5) Select Modify. Under Value Data, remove only the following text, if present:
, salo.exe
6) Click OK.
7) Close Registry Editor.
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