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Published Apr 29, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Backdoor:Win32/Hackdef.AD

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: HackerDefender (McAfee) Backdoor.HackDefender (Symantec) Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.abp (other)

Summary

Backdoor:Win32/Hackdef.AD is a backdoor trojan with rootkit functionality. This trojan may hide services, processes and ports and masquerade as a service named "Windows AutoUpdates".
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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