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PWS:Win32/Ldpinch.CC
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.dis (Kaspersky) LdPinch.gen1 (Norman) Troj/LDPinch-RG (Sophos) Win32/PSW.LdPinch.NEL (ESET) Win32/AMalum.BNBQ (CA) PWS-LDPinch (McAfee) Infostealer (Symantec)
Summary
PWS:Win32/Ldpinch.CC is a member of Win32/Ldpinch - a family of trojans that steals sensitive information from affected machines and sends it to a remote attacker. In particular, Ldpinch variants target passwords for a comprehensive selection of FTP, chat and e-mail clients, as well as those stored by browsers and in protected storage.
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.
PWS:Win32/Ldpinch.CC attempts to steal sensitive and confidential information from affecters users. If you believe that your personal financial information may have been compromised, please refer to the following advisory for additional advice:
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