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Backdoor:WinNT/Tofsee.gen!A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Rootkit.Agent.AIUH (BitDefender) Win32/Cutwail.NF (CA) Rootkit.Win32.Agent.cva (Kaspersky) Generic.dx (McAfee) W32/Rootkit.QTY (Norman) Mal/Generic-A (Sophos)
Summary
Backdoor:WinNT/Tofsee.gen!A is a generic detection for variant components of Backdoor:WinNT/Tofsee. WinNT/Tofsee.gen!A is dropped by TrojanDropper:Win32/Tofsee.A and is generally accompanied with Backdoor:Win32/Tofsee.F.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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