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Published Sep 06, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

BrowserModifier:Win32/PoinBag

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: ADSPY/Agent.uuf (Avira) Application.Generic.345990 (BitDefender) Win32/Adware.Interpop.A (ESET) not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.uuf (Kaspersky) Trojan.Gen.2 (Symantec) Poinbag BHO (other)

Summary

BrowserModifier:Win32/Poinbag is a BHO that communicates with a remote server without adequate user consent and it may display contextual advertisements while in a browser session and using Yahoo! or Google search.

To detect and remove this program and other unwanted software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antispyware product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

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