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Backdoor:Win32/Autorun
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This backdoor trojan can give a hacker remote access to your PC. Once your PC is infected a hacker can then do a number of things, including:
- Use your PC for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
- Download other malware
- Open ports on your PC that can expose it to other attacks
This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available.
The Win32/Autorun family description has more details.
The following Microsoft security software detects and removes this threat:
- Microsoft Security Essentials or, for Windows 8, Windows Defender
- 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.
