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Published Jun 01, 2010 | Updated Jun 09, 2016

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Win32/Unruy

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

Win32/Unruy is a trojan that displays out of context advertisements and performs ad-clicking in order to gather revenue for its controllers. It communicates with remote hosts and may also download and execute arbitrary files in order to perform this payload.

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/.

Win32/Unruy

Summary

What to do now

Technical information

Threat behavior

Installation

Prevention

Take the following steps to help prevent infection on your computer:

Enable a firewall on your computer

Get the latest computer updates

Use up-to-date antivirus software

Limit user privileges on the computer

Use caution when opening attachments and accepting file transfers

Use caution when clicking on links to webpages

Avoid downloading pirated software

Protect yourself from social engineering attacks

Use strong passwords

Symptoms