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Trojan:Win32/Renos.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.DrAntispy.bo (Kaspersky) Win32/Adware.SpySheriff (ESET) ADW_MALARM (Trend Micro)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Renos.A is a rogue security program that displays misleading alerts attempting to scare users into purchasing additional rogue security software.
Trojan:Win32/Renos.A may place an uninstaller entry in "Add or Remove Programs" in Control Panel. The entry name may be called "m-Alarm" or "MalwareAlarm". If an uninstaller is not available or if you do not want to use the uninstaller that is provided, use Microsoft Windows Defender or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove Trojan:Win32/Renos.A and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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