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Worm:Win32/Swimnag.gen!A.dll
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Win32/Swimnag!generic (CA) W32/AutoRun-QD (Sophos) W32/Autorun.worm.gen (McAfee)
Summary
Worm:Win32/Swimnag.gen!A.dll is the DLL file component of the Worm:Win32/Swimnag.gen!A threat. It is dropped and registered by the main component, and in turn it spreads the main component to all available removable drives. It can also connect to and download other malware from certain websites, and update itself.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. Use Microsoft Security Essentials 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://newed.any0.dpdns.org/protect/products/computer/default.mspx.
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