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Published Jun 30, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

TrojanDropper:Win32/Homutex.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Dropper/Agent.25088.O (AhnLab) W32/Trojan.CQX (Command) Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.apy (Kaspersky) W32/Agent.ABYI (Norman) Trojan.Agent.BXBO (VirusBuster) Dropper.Agent.BDC (AVG) Trojan.Dropper.Agent.APY (BitDefender) Win32/TrojanDropper.Agent.APY (ESET) Trojan-Dropper.Agent (Ikarus) BackDoor-CZX (McAfee) Troj/Bckdr-JWD (Sophos) Backdoor.Homutex (Symantec) BKDR_HOMUTEX.B (Trend Micro)

Summary

TrojanDropper:Win32/Homutex.A is a trojan that drops and installs a malicious Windows Sockets 2 transport service provider backdoor.
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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