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Trojan:DOS/Netstop.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
Trojan:DOS/Netstop.A is a trojan that attempts to terminate numerous security related services.
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 the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
In most cases, a restart of the computer will initiate services that are set to start automatically at Windows logon.
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