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Trojan:Win32/Vundo.JC
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/Vundo.BIX (CA) Troj/Agent-IIR (Sophos) Trojan.Win32.Monder.ywp (Kaspersky) Vundo.gen.m (McAfee) Trojan.Awax (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Vundo.JC is a trojan that may register itself as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) and inject itself into normal Windows processes. It may attempt to terminate certain security processes, and connect to certain servers to possibly download other malware.
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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