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Published Jan 30, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Trojan:Win32/VNCKill.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.Dropper-3446 (Clam AV) Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.nz (Kaspersky) Generic Del.x (McAfee) KillFiles.VT (Norman) Troj/VNCKill-A (Sophos) Trojan.KillFiles (Symantec) Trojan.KillFiles.KA (VirusBuster)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/VNCKill.A is a trojan that terminates a remote control client, known as VNC or Virtual Network Computing, and deletes program folders associated with this application.

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.

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