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Exploit:JS/USea.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Mal/UUSeeExp-A (Sophos) Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.csn (Kaspersky) Exploit-UUSee (McAfee)
Summary
Exploit:JS/Usea.A is a detection for a Javascript that detects the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX Control 'Update' Method arbitrary file download vulnerability. UUSee is an application designed to allow users to view content such as videos over the Internet.
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.