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Published Jun 09, 2014 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Win32/Crowti

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Dropper/Win32.Necurs (AhnLab) Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryptodef.iu (Kaspersky) Trojan horse Inject2.AHNI (AVG) TR/Crypt.Xpack.64673 (Avira) Trojan.Encoder.514 (Dr.Web) W32/Cryptodef.AHIO!tr (Fortinet) PWSZbot-FBKQ!86B6EE398F44 (McAfee) Troj/Agent-AHIO (Sophos) TSPY_ZBOT.SMCC (Trend Micro) Cryptowall (other) Cryptodefense (other)

Summary

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can perform a number of actions of a malicious actor's choice on your device.

Find out ways that malware can get on your device.

Devices affected by this threat might exhibit the following unexpected behavior in your device:

  • Slow performance
  • Presence of added or modified files
  • Changes in desktop settings
  • Freezing or crashing
  • Diminished storage space
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