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Published Feb 17, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Troxen!rts

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

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Summary

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Troxen!rts is a name used for trojan detections that have been added to Microsoft signatures after advanced automated analysis.
 
The generic nature of this detection means that the malicious behaviors exhibited by files detected as TrojanDownloader:Win32/Troxen!rts varies from one instance of this detection to the next.
 
No further information is currently available on this threat. However, if a significant number of reports are received, then a specific detection will be added and a detailed analysis will be created in the encyclopedia.

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