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Published Dec 21, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.KO

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Exploit.JS.Pdfka.cyk (Kaspersky) Exploit.PDF.gen (AVG) HEUR/PDF.Obfuscated (Avira) Exploit.JS.PDF.W (BitDefender) PDF/Pidief!Generic (CA) JS/Exploit.Pdfka.OIU.Gen (ESET) Exploit.JS.Pdfka (Ikarus) Troj/PDFJs-OU (Sophos) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (Sunbelt Software) TROJ_PIDIEF.SMKZ (Trend Micro)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.KO is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that target software vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. It usually arrives in the system when the user visits a webpage that contains a malicious PDF file or opens an email containing the PDF file as an attachment.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products will detect and remove this threat:

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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.KO

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