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Published Jul 13, 2007 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Agent

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.bqw (Kaspersky) Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.bvd (Kaspersky) FakeAlert-K (McAfee) Generic Downloader (McAfee) W32/Agent.BRUP (Norman) W32/DLoader.CWGF (Norman) Troj/Dloadr-BAT (Sophos) Troj/FakeVir-AB (Sophos) Downloader (Symantec) SpySherriff (Symantec) PAK_Generic.001 (Trend Micro) TROJ_AGENT.AAGU (Trend Micro) TROJ_RENOS.NAT (Trend Micro)

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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Agent is family of Trojans that download unwanted software from a remote Web site. The downloaded content could include anything from additional downloader Trojans, to imitation security programs.

Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Microsoft Safety Scanner, or another up-to-date scanning and removal tool to detect and remove this threat and other unwanted software from your computer. For more information on Microsoft security products, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.

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