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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Jan 07, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:Win32/Zekneol.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: TR/PWS.197632.2 (other) Trojan.Generic.1657181 (BitDefender) Win32/Zezal (ESET) Virus.Win32.Zezal.a (Kaspersky) W32/Idas-A (Sophos) TROJ_Gen.8V2300 (Trend Micro)

Summary

Virus:Win32/Zekneol.A is a polymorphic virus that targets and infects Windows executables, also known as PE files, located in the current folder. It also searches for one other drive that is not a CD-ROM or network drive for files to infect.
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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