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Virus:HTML/Sapaq.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Virus:HTML/Sapaq.A is the detection for files modified by Virus:Win32/Sapaq.A, a prepending virus that infects executable files. Virus:Win32/Sapaq.A appends an IFrame to HTML files located in a system infected with Virus:Win32/Sapaq.A. The HTML file is modified to contain code that connects to the remote server '52cps.com'. As of this writing, the server is no longer active.
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.
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