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Published Jan 20, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Trojan:Win32/Bamital.I

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: BDS/Buterat.ajo (Avira) MemScan:Trojan.Generic.5324062 (BitDefender) Win32/SpyEye.C!generic (CA) Trojan.Starter.1602 (Dr.Web) Win32/Bamital.EW (ESET) Trojan-Ransom.Win32.PornoBlocker (Ikarus) Backdoor.Win32.Buterat.ajo (Kaspersky) W32/Bamital.H (McAfee) Mal/Bredo-E (Sophos) Ransom!ct (McAfee) VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.KH (other)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Bamital.I is a trojan that may redirect user search requests to other sites. It also disables System Restore.

To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:

For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.

Additional remediation instructions for Trojan:Win32/Bamital.I

This threat may make lasting changes to a computer’s configuration that are NOT restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an infected computer to its pre-infected state, please see the following article/s:

Enabling System Restore:

For Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-is-System-Restore
For Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/What-is-System-Restore
For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310405

For other support and help related articles, go to:

Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/windows7
Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173

Microsoft Security TechNet Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx

Trojan:Win32/Bamital.I

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Additional remediation instructions for Trojan:Win32/Bamital.I

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System changes