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Published Aug 08, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Trojan:MacOS_X/QHost.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan.SH.QHost.GMU (VirusBuster) Trojan.Hosts.4737 (Dr.Web) Linux/Qhost.A trojan (ESET) Virus.Hosts (Ikarus) Trojan.BAT.Qhost.nh (Kaspersky) OSX/Qhosts (McAfee) Troj/QHost-CU (Sophos) Trojan.Chost (Symantec)

Summary

Trojan:MacOS_X/QHost.A is a malicious program that modifies the Hosts file to redirect specific websites to a predetermined IP address.

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.
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