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Published May 01, 2013 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Backdoor:Win32/Vawtrak.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker access to your PC. It can also steal your personal information, such as your user names and passwords for some banking websites. 

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.  

See the Win32/Vawtrak family description for more information.

Use the following free Microsoft software to detect and remove this threat:

You should also run a full scan. A full scan might find other, hidden malware.

Protect your sensitive information

This threat tries to steal your sensitive and confidential information. If you think your information has been stolen, see:

You should change your passwords after you've removed this threat:

Additional remediation instructions for this threat

This threat might make lasting changes to your PC's settings that won't be restored when it's cleaned. The following links can help change these settings back to what you want:

Get more help

You can also visit our advanced troubleshooting page or search the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

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