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Trojan:JS/Proxas.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.ciw (Kaspersky) Mal/ObfJS-AV (Sophos) JS.Proxas.A (VirusBuster) Trojan.JS.PWX (BitDefender)
Summary
Trojan:JS/Proxas.A is a detection for JavaScript-enabled objects that exhibit malware behavior. Malicious Web sites and PDF documents may contain such JavaScript code that attempts to execute code without the user's knowledge. An example of other malware that may execute this JavaScript is Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.D.
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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