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Worm:IRC/Prune.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: VBS/Prune.A (ESET) Email-Worm.VBS.Prune (Kaspersky) VBS/Carnival.ini (McAfee) VBS/Prune.B (Norman) VBS/Prune-A (Sophos) IRC.Worm.gen (Symantec) IRC.Prune.A (VirusBuster)
Summary
Worm:IRC/Prune.A is a detection for an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) configuration script commonly named "mirc.ini". The script attempts to distribute a VBScript copy of the worm to other chat users when connecting to IRC chat channels.
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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