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Updated on Aug 31, 2015

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

Worms automatically spread to other PCs. They can do this in a number of ways, including by copying themselves to removable drives, network folders, or spreading via email.

Typically, worms can get on your PC if you visit a compromised website, open an unsafe email attachment, or use an infected removable or network drive (like a USB flash drive).

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Aug 31, 2015

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

Worms automatically spread to other PCs. They can do this in a number of ways, including by copying themselves to removable drives, network folders, or spreading via email.

Typically, worms can get on your PC if you visit a compromised website, open an unsafe email attachment, or use an infected removable or network drive (like a USB flash drive).

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Feb 27, 2017

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

Worms automatically spread to other PCs. They can do this in a number of ways, including by copying themselves to removable drives, network folders, or spreading via email.

Typically, worms can get on your PC if you visit a compromised website, open an unsafe email attachment, or use an infected removable or network drive (like a USB flash drive).

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Aug 31, 2015

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

Worms automatically spread to other PCs. They can do this in a number of ways, including by copying themselves to removable drives, network folders, or spreading via email.

Typically, worms can get on your PC if you visit a compromised website, open an unsafe email attachment, or use an infected removable or network drive (like a USB flash drive).

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.

Alert level: severe
Updated on May 02, 2016

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This worm is a member of the Win32/Gamarue family. It can steal your personal information and send it to a malicious hacker.

It arrives on your PC in a spam email and can spread to other PCs. It does this by infecting removable drives that you have plugged into your PC, such as USB drives or portable hard disks. If you then plug those drives into another PC, the worm will infect that PC as well.

 

Alert level: severe
Updated on Aug 04, 2015

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also spread through spam email attachments, or installed through an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 21, 2016

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat is a shortcut file created by variants of Worm:Win32/Gamarue. This malware family can steal information about your PC and download other malware. 

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 27, 2016

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also be attached to spam emails, or arrive via an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also be attached to spam emails, or get in through an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Mar 11, 2015

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This threat can give a malicious hacker control of your PC to steal your sensitive information and change your PC security settings.

It can be installed on your PC by an exploit kit or other malware. It can also be attached to spam emails, or gets in through an infected removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

See the Win32/Gamarue family description for more information.

Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 20, 2015

Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat.

This threat is the spreading component of the Worm:Win32/Gamarue family of worms.

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Alert level: severe
Updated on Dec 15, 2014

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This worm can download files onto your PC.

It can be installed when you open a spam email attachment. It also copies itself to any USB flash drives connected to your PC.

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Alert level: severe
Updated on Dec 15, 2014

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This worm can download files onto your PC.

It can be installed when you open a spam email attachment or downloaded onto your PC by other malware (such as Win32/Dofoil and Win32/Beebone) or from an exploit kit. It also copies itself to any USB flash drives connected to your PC.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.  

Alert level: severe
Updated on Dec 15, 2014

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This worm can download files onto your PC.

It can be installed when you open a spam email attachment or downloaded onto your PC by other malware (such as Win32/Dofoil and Win32/Beebone) or from an exploit kit. It also copies itself to any USB flash drives connected to your PC.

Find out ways that malware can get on your PC.  

Alert level: severe
Updated on Sep 24, 2018

Microsoft Defender Antivirus uses the cloud and artificial intelligence powered by next-gen machine learning technologies to rapidly deliver protection against new and emerging malware.

This detection, made possible by cloud-based machine learning, defends against multiple types of emerging malware that perform various malicious actions on your PC.

Understand how malware can get on your PC

 

Our layered approach to intelligent, cloud-based protection employs a diverse set of machine learning models designed to catch the wide range of threats: from massive malware campaigns to small-scale, localized attacks. Read more: Small businesses targeted by highly localized Ursnif campaign 

Alert level: severe
Updated on Apr 28, 2019
Alert level: severe
Updated on Oct 03, 2019
Alert level: severe
Updated on Oct 31, 2019
Alert level: severe
Updated on Nov 05, 2019
Alert level: severe
Updated on Nov 07, 2019
Alert level: severe