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Joke:Win32/Paranoia
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Joke/Paranoia (Sophos) Trojan.Paranoia.A (BitDefender) Joke-Paranoia (McAfee) :Joke/Paranoia (Panda) Joke Program (Sunbelt Software) Joke Program (Symantec) JOKE_PARANOIA.A (Trend Micro)
Summary
Joke:Win32/Paranoia is a joke program that creates a fake Windows environment and displays misleading messages.
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.
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