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PWS:Win32/Sinowal.gen!M
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal.dkc (Kaspersky) Mal/Sinowa-A (Sophos) PSW.Sinowal.S (AVG) Backdoor.Sinowal.BX (BitDefender) PWS-JA.gen.d (McAfee) :Trj/Sinowal.DW (Panda) Trojan.Mebroot (Symantec)
Summary
PWS:Win32/Sinowal.gen!M is the generic detection for a member of the Win32/Sinowal family. It drops other malware and steals online banking and FTP credentials.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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