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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Dec 15, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:Win32/Madang.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/Madangel (CA) W32/Madang-A (Sophos) Virus.Win32.Small.l (Kaspersky) W32/Madangel.a (McAfee) W32.Madangel (Symantec) PE_MADANGEL.A (Trend Micro)

Summary

Virus:Win32/Madang.A is a detection for a virus that infects EXE and SCR files. It searches for files to infect from drive C: to Z:. It connects to specific web sites to possibly download other malware.
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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