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PWS:Win32/Lineage.AT
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/Malum.BNGS (CA) Trojan-PSW.Win32.Mefs.h (Kaspersky) PWS-Lineage (McAfee)
Summary
PWS:Win32/Lineage.AT is a Trojan that targets computers running certain versions of Microsoft Windows. The Trojan terminates security-related processes, drops a file that captures certain passwords, and runs a file that it downloads from a Web site.
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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