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TrojanDropper:Win32/Tidola.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Troj/Tidola-Gen (Sophos) Win32/Frethog.CIL (CA) Trojan.Win32.Qhost.kuj (Kaspersky) PWS-OnlineGames.db (McAfee) Infostealer.Gampass (Symantec)
Summary
Win32/Tidola is a family of trojans that may consist of several components, and may be used to facilitate the operation of other malware that targets online games (such as Win32/Helpud).
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.