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TrojanClicker:Win32/Refpron.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win-Trojan/Xema.variant (AhnLab) Trojan-Clicker.Win32.VB.axu (Kaspersky) Win32/Refpron!generic (CA) Generic AdClicker.p (McAfee) Trojan.Adclicker (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Refpron.A is a component of the Win32/Refpron family that may be used to collect per-click advertising payments from specified web sites.
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.