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TrojanDownloader:Win32/Poisonvy!JPG
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: No associated aliases
Summary
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Poisonvy!JPG is a malicious jpg that contains code that attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in GDI in order to download additional malware onto the vulnerable machine. In the wild, this exploit code has been observed attempting to download Backdoor:Win32/Poisonivy.E. Please note, however, that in this example, the malicious code failed to exploit this vulnerability, and thus the trojan-downloading payload remains intended.
For more information on these vulnerabilities, please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-021.
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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