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Published Jan 07, 2013 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Trojan:Win32/QHosts.BF

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.Hosts.6582 (Dr.Web) Trojan.VBS.Downloader (Ikarus) Trojan.Win32.Qhost.aexv (Kaspersky) Trojan/Win32.Qhost (AhnLab) Win32/Bicololo.A trojan (ESET) winpe/Qhost.MCF (Norman)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Qhosts.BF is a trojan that redirects your web browser away from certain sites and may download additional malware onto your computer.

This threat may make lasting changes to a computer's configuration that are not restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following article:

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products detect and remove this threat:

Additional remediation instructions for Trojan:Win32/Qhosts.BF

This threat may make lasting changes to a computer's configuration that are not restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following articles:

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