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PWS:Win32/Pebox.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/Krypnek!packed (CA) Trojan-GameThief.Win32.OnLineGames.vrqd (Kaspersky) Mal/HckPk-E (Sophos) Trojan.PWS.Pebox.AI (VirusBuster) PWS-Nemqe.dll (McAfee)
Summary
PWS:Win32/Pebox.A is the detection for the DLL component of a game password stealer.
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 Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.