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Published Dec 02, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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Trojan:Win32/Killav.EA

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Win32/Bancos!generic (CA) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.ow (Kaspersky) Trojan-GameThief.Win32.OnLineGames.tkxv (Kaspersky) W32/Banload.ALKB (Norman) Mal/DelpDldr-D (Sophos) Trojan.PWS.OnLineGames.UKL (VirusBuster) Trojan.Downloader.Delf.RX (BitDefender) Win32/TrojanDownloader.Dadobra.CP (ESET) PWS-Banker.dldr (McAfee) PWS-Mmorpg.gen (McAfee) Trj/Nabload.BE (Panda) Downloader.Bancos!gen (Symantec) Possible_Banld-1 (Trend Micro)

Summary

Trojan:Win32/Killav.EA is a trojan that may have the capacity to terminate security-related processes, including those for antivirus programs, and monitoring or debugging tools. It is usually used by other malware families to perform their malicious actions.

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/.

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