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Exploit:HTML/Snapew.gen!A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan.JS.Downloader.BFF (BitDefender) Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.ckc (Kaspersky) Exploit-CVE2008-2463 (McAfee) Troj/SnpView-A (Sophos) Exploit.HTML.Snapew.A (other)
Summary
Exploit:HTML/Snapew.gen!A is a generic detection for a malicious HTML Web page that attempts to exploit a vulnerability in Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access (Security Advisory 955179 - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/955179.mspx).
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution. Please see Microsoft Security Advisory 955179 for more detailed information and additional suggested actions in order to mitigate this risk.
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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