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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Esplor.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win-Trojan/Esplor.26657 (AhnLab) Win32/Donloz.XH (CA) HackTool.Win32.PHPWind (Ikarus) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Esplor.ce (Kaspersky) Generic Downloader.x!qx (McAfee)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Esplor.A is a trojan downloader that terminates services, logs its installation with a remote server and attempts to download and install other malware including TrojanDownloader:Win32/Caxnet.B.
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 Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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