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Published Jul 01, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

PWS:Win32/Witkinat.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32/TrojanX.EKZK (Command) Trojan-Spy.Win32.Insain.adt (Kaspersky) Dropper.Generic2.TXX (AVG) TR/Dropper.Gen (Avira) Win32/Witkinat.R (ESET) Trojan-Spy.Win32.Insain (Ikarus) Trj/Downloader.MDW (Panda) Troj/Penser-Gen (Sophos) TROJ_PENSER.W (Trend Micro)

Summary

PWS:Win32/Witkinat.A is a trojan that monitor Internet traffic and opens websites depending on certain keywords that are in the address bar. It may also connect to remote servers to download arbitrary files and/or upload information about the infected computer.
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.
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