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Backdoor:Win32/Agent.RL.dll

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.Agent.sw (Kaspersky) MultiDropper-JD (McAfee) W32/Agent.ATPP (Norman) Mal/Generic-A (Sophos) Backdoor.Win32.Agent.sw (Sunbelt Software) Downloader.Trojan (Symantec)

Summary

Backdoor:Win32/Agent.RL.dll is a backdoor Trojan that runs as a process at Windows startup, and may contact a remote Web server to notify attackers of the Trojan installation. Agent.RL may download additional programs or malware.

Scan with antivirus software

Backdoor:Win32/Agent.RL opens a backdoor that can download other malicious software to your computer. To recover from this additional malicious software, you must run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product. Several companies provide antivirus software for this purpose. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx.

Backdoor:Win32/Agent.RL.dll

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