Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This malware family can give a malicious hacker control of your PC. The malware can also steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

We've seen them installed by exploit kits and other malware. They can also be attached to spam emails.

Some variants of this family are worms and can spread by infecting removable drives (such as USB flash drives or portable hard disks). If you plug those drives into another PC, the worm will infect that PC as well. See Worm:Win32/Gamarue for more information.

On November 29, 2017, law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit and with help from Windows Defender researchers, disrupted the Gamarue (also known as Andromeda). For more information:

Microsoft teams up with law enforcement and other partners to disrupt Gamarue (Andromeda)

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This malware family can give a malicious hacker control of your PC. The malware can also steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

The Win32/Gamarue family description has more information.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also be attached to spam emails, or installed through an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

TrojanDropper:Win32/Gamarue.A is a trojan that drops another malware into your computer.

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.A is a bot-controlled worm that spreads via removable drives. It gathers information about the infected computer and sends it back to a predefined remote web server, where it may accept further instruction and may lead to the installation of other malware.

This worm is a member of the Win32/Gamarue family that tries to steal information from your computer.

It arrives on your computer in a spam email and spreads via removable drives.

The worm sends information about your computer to a remote server. The server can then download more malware to your computer.

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also spread through spam email attachments, or installed through an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

Worm:Win32/Gamarue is a family of worms that belong to the Win32/Gamarue family. The Gamarue family may be distributed by exploit kits, spammed emails or other malware, and has been observed downloading other files and stealing information about your computer.

Worm variants of the Win32/Gamarue family may spread by infecting removable drives (such as USB drives or portable hard disks) that you have plugged into your computer. If you then plug those drives into another computer, the worm will infect that computer as well.

See our infographic to for a depiction of how a worm spreads by removable drives.

For more information on this family, see the Win32/Gamarue description.

On November 29, 2017, law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit and with help from Windows Defender researchers, disrupted the Gamarue (also known as Andromeda). For more information:

Microsoft teams up with law enforcement and other partners to disrupt Gamarue (Andromeda)