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Published Sep 28, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Win32/Cridex

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: PWS-Spyeye.de (McAfee)

Summary

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat. 
 
This worm can steal your personal information, including your online banking user names and passwords. It can also steal your user names and passwords for social networking websites.
 
It can be installed on your PC via infected removable drives, such as USB flash drives. It can also be installed by other malware, such as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Skidlo.A and Exploit:JS/Blacole.

The following free Microsoft software detects and removes this threat:

Even if we've already detected and removed this particular threat, running a full scan might find other malware that is hiding on your PC.

This threat tries to steal your sensitive and confidential information. If you think your information has been stolen, see:

You should change your passwords after you've removed this threat:

Get more help

You can also visit our advanced troubleshooting page or search the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

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