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Trojan:HTML/Skintrim
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan.Skintrim.D (BitDefender) Trojan.Sinkitrim (Symantec)
Summary
Trojan:HTML/Skintrim is a component of Win32/Skintrim - a family of trojans that downloads and executes arbitrary files, including updates and additional malware, from a predefined Web site, and displays advertisements. This trojan may be distributed by certain Web sites as a Microsoft Outlook add-on used to display 'emoticons', (i.e. icons used to represent emotions) or other animated icons within e-mail messages.
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.
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