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TrojanDownloader:ASX/Wimad.gen!A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Troj/Wimad-E (Sophos) Trojan.Wimad (Symantec) Downloader-UA.h (McAfee)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:ASX/Wimad is a detection for malicious Windows media files that are used in order to encourage users to download and execute arbitrary files on an affected machine. When opened with Windows Media Player, these malicious files open a particular URL in a web browser.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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