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Trojan:Win32/Alureon
Aliases: Win-Trojan/Tdss.174080.BM (AhnLab) Trojan.Win32.Alureon (Ikarus) Mal/Rorpian-C (Sophos) Gen:Variant.Kazy.34946 (BitDefender) BackDoor.Tdss.5070 (Dr.Web) Trojan.Win32.Menti.hvdp (Kaspersky) Backdoor.Tidserv (Symantec)
Summary
Windows Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.
This threat is a dropper component of the Win32/Alureon family of trojans. It installs a driver, which is detected as Trojan:WinNT/Alureon.L, and connects to a server to send information about your PC to a malicious hacker.
The following free Microsoft software detects and removes this threat:
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, or Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Even if we've already detected and removed this particular threat, running a full scan might find other malware that is hiding on your PC.
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