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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Oct 30, 2016 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

PWS:Win32/Primarypass.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Troj/Inject-CCY (Sophos)

Summary

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can steal your personal information, such as your user names and passwords. It sends the stolen information to a malicious hacker.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Use the following free Microsoft software to detect and remove this threat:

You should also run a full scan. A full scan might find hidden malware.

Protect your sensitive information

This threat tries to steal your sensitive and confidential information. If you think your information has been stolen, see:

You should change your passwords after you've removed this threat:

Use cloud protection

Use cloud protection to help guard against the latest malware threats. It’s turned on by default for Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender for Windows 10.

Go to All settings > Update & security > Windows Defender and make sure that your Cloud-based Protection settings is turned On.

Get more help

You can also see our advanced troubleshooting page for more help or search the Microsoft virus and malware community for more help.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

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