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Published Sep 22, 2011 | Updated Apr 19, 2016

Win32/Kelihos

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Hlux botnet (Kaspersky)

Summary

Win32/Kelihos is a trojan family that distributes spam email messages. The spam messages could contain hyperlinks to installers of Win32/Kelihos malware. The malware may communicate with remote servers to exchange information that is used to execute various tasks, including sending spam email, capturing sensitive information or downloading and executing arbitrary files.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products detect and remove this threat:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

 
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