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Published Oct 24, 2016 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.X!lnk

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

Windows Defender detects and removes this threat.

This threat downloads and installs its backdoor components detected as Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.X.

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