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HackTool:Win32/Dump
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: pwdump2 (other) Virtool.PWDump.A (BitDefender) Win32/PSWTool.RAS.A (ESET) PWCrack-Pwdump (McAfee) PWS:Win32/Dump (Microsoft)
Summary
HackTool:Win32/Dump is a command line tool that dumps password hashes from Windows NT's SAM(Security Accounts Manager) database. The dumped password hashes can be fed into an NT password auditing tool, such as L0phtCrack to recover the passwords of Windows NT users.
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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