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Trojan:Win32/Vundo.IG
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/VundoCryptorT!Generic (CA) Trojan.Win32.Monder.gen (Kaspersky) Vundo (McAfee) W32/Vundo.ELR (Norman) Troj/Virtum-Gen (Sophos) Trojan.Vundo (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Vundo.IG is a generic detection for a multi-component family of programs that deliver 'out of context' pop-up advertisements to the computer on which they are installed and may download and execute arbitrary files. Win32/Vundo.IG may exist on a computer as a dynamic link library (DLL) or as an executable.
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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