Trojan:Win32/Startpage.MS

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win-Trojan/Banload.915456 (AhnLab) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.aszr (Kaspersky) Trojan.DL.Banload.BJRJ (VirusBuster) Downloader.Banload.AWRJ (AVG) TR/Dldr.Banload.aszr (Avira) Trojan.DownLoader1.11654 (Dr.Web) Win32/StartPage.NSK (ESET) Trojan.Win32.Startpage (Ikarus) PWS-Banker!gom (McAfee) Trj/StartPage.DGQ (Panda) Trojan.StartPage (Symantec)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Startpage.MS is a trojan that possibly tries to load an illegal copy of a Spider-Man game.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

Additional remediation instructions for Trojan:Win32/Startpage.MS

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/s:

Changing your Internet Explorer Home Page:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-your-Internet-Explorer-home-page
For Internet Explorer 7 and 8 in Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-your-Internet-Explorer-home-page
For Internet Explorer 6: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/252464

For other support and help related articles, go to:

Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/windows7
Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173

Microsoft Security TechNet Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx

Trojan:Win32/Startpage.MS

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System changes