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Win32/FakeSecSen

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Micro AV (other) MS Antivirus (other) Spyware Preventer (other) Vista Antivirus 2008 (other) Advanced Antivirus (other) System Antivirus (other) Ultimate Antivirus 2008 (other) Windows Antivirus 2008 (other) XPert Antivirus (other) Power Antivirus (other) Ultra AV (other) AntiVirus Sentry (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

Win32/FakeSecSen

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