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RemoteAccess:Win32/GhostRadmin

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/FireDaemon (ESET) RemoteAdmin.Win32.RA.3826 (Kaspersky) FireDaemon (McAfee) Application/Firedaemon.A (Panda) Backdoor.Win32.ServU-based (Sunbelt Software) RemoteAdmin.Win32.RAdmin.20 (Kaspersky) RemAdm-RemoteAdmin (McAfee) Remacc.Radmin (Symantec)

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RemoteAccess:Win32/GhostRadmin is a detection for a a remote administration tool that allows full control of the computer on which it's installed. This program was detected by definitions prior to 1.147.1889.0 as it violated the guidelines by which Microsoft identified unwanted software. Based on analysis using current guidelines, the program does not have unwanted behaviors. Microsoft has released definition 1.147.1889.0 which no longer detects this program.

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