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Exploit:Win32/Pidief.gen!B
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: JS/Exploit.Pdfka.BVX (ESET) Exploit.JS.Pdfka.bvx (Kaspersky) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (Sunbelt Software)
Summary
Exploit:Win32/Pidief.gen!B is the detection for an exploit targeting multiple Portable Document Format (PDF) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote code execution when malformed PDF document is opened using vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
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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