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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Cutwail.gen!C
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: TrojanDownloader:Win32/Cutwail.P (Microsoft) Troj/Pushdo-Gen (Sophos) TROJ_PushDo (Trend Micro)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Cutwail.gen!C is a Trojan that downloads and executes arbitrary files and uses advanced stealth techniques in order to hide its presence on the affected system.
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.