Trojan:Win32/Busky.EC

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.Agent.AHPC (BitDefender) Win32/SillyDl.EBF (CA) Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.BP (ESET) Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.sz (Kaspersky) Generic Downloader.z (McAfee) W32/Smalltroj.DOGA (Norman) Troj/Agent-GTV (Sophos) TROJ_OBFUSCAT.HH (Trend Micro)

Summary

Trojan:Win32.Busky.EC generates 'out of context' pop-up advertisements. It may connect to a remote web server to download updates or other files.

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.

Trojan:Win32/Busky.EC

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