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Backdoor:Win32/Poison
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Mal/Behav-285 (Sophos) Backdoor.PoisonIvy.CV (BitDefender) Packed.Win32.Black.a (Kaspersky) W32/Sdbot.worm (McAfee) W32.IRCBot (Symantec)
Summary
Backdoor:Win32/Poison is the detection for backdoor trojans that allows unauthorized access and control of an affected machine. It attempts to hide by injecting itself into other processes.
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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