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PWS:Win32/Sinowal.gen!D
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan-PSW.Win32.Sinowal.gd (Kaspersky) W32/Sinowal.ALH (Norman) MBR Rootkit (other) Mebroot (other) Trojan.Mebroot (Symantec)
Summary
PWS:Win32/Sinowal.gen!D is a component of the greater Win32/Sinowal family.
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.