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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Phagent.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win-Trojan/Agent.19456.JN (AhnLab) Trojan.Agent.AKPU (BitDefender) W32/Agent.JMDX (Norman) Adware.Win32.Stud.d (other) Adware:Win32/Stud (other)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Phagent.A is a DLL file that contains code to download a file from the Internet whenever the user attempts to make a dial-up connection.
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.