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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Sep 29, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:Win32/Patched.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

Virus:Win32/Patched.A is a detection of a modification to a legitimate DLL file on an infected system.
 
The modification is designed to download and execute arbitrary files when the DLL is invoked.
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 Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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