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Trojan:JS/Redirector.AR
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: JS/Iframe (AhnLab) JS/OWC.A (Command) Trojan.JS.Redirector (Ikarus) Trojan.JS.Iframe.da (Kaspersky) Troj/ExpJS-G (Sophos) JS.ActiveXploit.Gen (VirusBuster)
Summary
Trojan:JS/Redirector.AR is a malicious JavaScript inserted into Web pages by an attacker. The trojan script checks for the presence of Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Office Web Components, redirecting the user to other Web pages that may exploit the vulnerabilities of Adobe Flash Player and MS Office Web Components.
Use Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Microsoft Safety Scanner, 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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