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Published Nov 21, 2007 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.Q

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.Packed-86 (Clam AV) Packed.Win32.Morphine.a (Kaspersky) Mal/Heuri-E (Sophos) Packed/Morphine (VirusBuster)

Summary

VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator are detections for programs that have had their purpose obfuscated to hinder analysis or  detection by anti-virus scanners. They commonly employ a combination of methods including encryption, compression, anti-debugging and anti-emulation techniques.
This malware may download and install additional malicious software, thus manual removal is not recommended. To detect and remove this Trojan 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, visit http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx.
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