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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Swizzor
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Swizzor.gen (McAfee) Swizzor.gen (Norman) Troj/Swizz-Fam (Sophos) Adware.Lop (Symantec)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Swizzor is a detection for a family of trojans that may inject code into the Web browser application Internet Explorer to display adware, or to download other threats.
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 the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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