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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Sep 14, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

TrojanDropper:Win32/Updobe.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/VMalum.FYCH (CA) Trojan-Spy.JS.FFSpy.a (Kaspersky) Troj/FFSpy-A (Sophos) Trojan.Spy.FFSpy.A (BitDefender) JS/Spy.FFSpy.A (ESET) FFSpy (McAfee) TSPY_EBOD.A (Trend Micro)

Summary

TrojanDropper:Win32/Updobe.A is a trojan that installs a malicious plugin in the Firefox browser. The plugin is capable of sending and tracking browser information to a remote Web server. It can hijack search results from the Google search engine to display advertisements served by the malicious server.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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