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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Swizzor.gen!F
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/VMalum.EGCJ (CA) Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.vdy (Kaspersky) Troj/Swizzor-OG (Sophos) Adware.Lop (Symantec)
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Swizzor.gen!F is a generic detection for trojans that may inject code into Internet Explorer to display advertisements.
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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