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Trojan:Win32/VB.AED
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: W32/VBTrojan.17E!Maximus (Command) W32/Suspicious_Gen2.GZCBN (Norman) Backdoor.Agent!1NTJBakOWP4 (VirusBuster) Trojan.Asprox (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/VB.AED is a generic detection for trojans written in Visual Basic that modify system settings, and may display pop-up messages and masquerade as a hack-program.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products detect and remove this threat:
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Additional remediation instructions for Trojan:Win32/VB.AED
This threat may make lasting changes to a computer’s configuration that are NOT restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following articles:
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