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Trojan:Win32/Qhost.IG
Aliases: RDN/Qhost-Gen!be (McAfee) Trojan.Win32.Qhost.awlr (Kaspersky)
Summary
Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.
This threat can perform a number of actions of a malicious hacker's choice on your PC.
The following free Microsoft software detects and removes this threat:
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, or Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
Even if we've already detected and removed this particular threat, running a full scan might find other malware that is hiding on your PC.
Reset the Hosts file
This threat might change the contents of your Hosts file. You can reset it to the default:
Get more help
You can also see our advanced troubleshooting page for more help.
If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.
