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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published May 17, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:Win32/Virut.gen!J

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W32/Virut.AI!Generic (Command) Virus.Win32.Virut.q (Kaspersky) Win32/Virut.AC (AVG) Win32/Virut.10632 (CA) W32/Virut.remnants (McAfee) Win32.Virut.au (Rising AV) W32.Virut.U (Symantec) PE_VIRUT.GEN-3 (Trend Micro)

Summary

Virus:Win32/Virut.gen!J is a generic detection for files infected by members of the Win32/Virut virus family. Files detected as Virus:Win32/Virut.gen!J are likely to be corrupted remnants, and are unable to perform its infection routine.
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[/URL. For more information about using antivirus software, see [url]http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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