Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

Emotet is an advanced malware family that typically spreads through phishing emails with malicious attachments.

Emotet was initially designed as a banking trojan to steal user's banking credentials, enabling attackers to initiate fraudulent online fund transfers. Over time, Emotet has evolved as a commodity malware and is known for its malware-as-a-service model, facilitating the delivery of secondary malware such as Trickbot, Qakbot, or Ryuk ransomware.

Read the following Microsoft security blogs:

• How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak
• Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can perform a number of actions of a malicious hacker's choice on your PC.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can perform a number of actions of a malicious hacker's choice on your PC.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can collect your sensitive information and send it to a malicious hacker.

It can be installed on your PC when you open a malicious spam email attachment.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can collect your sensitive information and send it to a malicious hacker.

It can be installed on your PC when you open a malicious spam email attachment.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat can collect your sensitive information and send it to a malicious hacker.

It can be installed on your PC when you open a malicious spam email attachment.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This threat is distributed from spammed fake invoice email messages with a .pdf file attachment. The .pdf file attachment has a link that points to a JS file, which, when you are socially-engineered to click, downloads and executes the banking trojan. Downloading the banking trojan in your PC opens the gate for the malicious perpetrator to steal your banking information. 

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects and removes this threat.

This trojan attempts to steal personal information, including banking credentials. It is usually distributed through Office documents or PDFs attached on spam email.

Social engineering on the emails and attachments used to distribute this trojan are designed to entice recipients into clicking links or enabling macros, resulting in the download and installation of the trojan executable containing the credential theft payload.

This trojan has also been observed downloading and installing other malware.

To avoid this threat, always check whether an email is spoofed or fake before opening attachments or clicking links. Spoofed emails can be spotted through typos and suspicious sender addresses.

Learn how artificial intelligence in Windows Defender AV protects you from this threat before it even reaches your computer: How artificial intelligence stopped an Emotet outbreak

For information on defending enterprise environments from this threat, read: Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks