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Exploit:HTML/Meloits.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.hv (Kaspersky) VBS/Psyme (McAfee) Mal/Psyme-A (Sophos) Trojan-Downloader.JS.Psyme.cd (Sunbelt Software) Downloader.Trojan (Symantec) JS_Generic (Trend Micro)
Summary
Exploit:HTML/Meloits.A is an HTML exploit of a vulnerability found in Visual Studio 2005 which could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on impacted systems. Details on this vulnerability can be found in Microsoft Security Advisory (927709) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/927709.mspx
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
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