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Published Oct 05, 2008 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

WinNT/Alureon

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: WinNT/Alureon (CA)

Summary

Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
 
This family of data-stealing trojans can give a malicious hacker access to collect confidential information stored in your PC, such as your user names, passwords, and credit card data.
 
They can also send malicious data to your PC and corrupt some driver files, making them unusable.
 
See the Win32/Alureon family description for more information.
 

The following free Microsoft software detects and removes this threat:

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.

Protect your sensitive information

This threat tries to steal your sensitive and confidential information. If you think your information has been stolen, see:

You should change your passwords after you've removed this threat:

Restore corrupted files
Alureon might modify some driver files and make them unusable. These corrupted files won't be restored by detecting and removing this threat. You might need to restore the corrupted file from backup:
 
Advanced troubleshooting

To restore your PC, you might need to download and run Windows Defender Offline. See our advanced troubleshooting page for more help.

You can also ask for help from other PC users at the Microsoft virus and malware community.

If you’re using Windows XP, see our Windows XP end of support page.

 

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