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Exploit:Win32/Senglot.E
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Exploit:Win32/Senglot.E is a generic detection for malicious code, often hosted in HTML files, that attempts to download and execute arbitrary files by exploiting an application vulnerability.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Update vulnerable applications
This threat exploits a known vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player. After removing this threat, make sure that you install the updates available from the vendor, when they are available. You can read more about the vulnerability here.
Additional removal instructions
This threat may be present in your Temporary Internet Files folder. To avoid this threat from being detected constantly in your Temporary Internet Files folder, it is recommended that you delete your temporary Internet files.
To delete the temporary Internet files from Internet Explorer, refer to the following articles:
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