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Virus:VBS/Redlof.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: VBS/Redlof.A (CA) Virus.VBS.Redlof.a (Kaspersky) VBS/Redlof-A (Sophos) VBS/Redlof@M (McAfee) VBS.Redlof.A (Symantec) VBS_REDLOF.A (Trend Micro)
Summary
Virus:VBS/Redlof.A is a virus that infects different types of files. It also propagates by infecting the default stationery for Microsoft Outlook, thus ensuring that all HTML emails subsequently sent from an Outlook account contains a copy of itself.
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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