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Spammer:Win32/Tedroo.I
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Email-Worm.Win32.Joleee.mt (Kaspersky) Mal/WaledPak-A (Sophos) I-Worm.Joleee.OJ (VirusBuster) Win32/TrojanProxy.Small.NCA (ESET) Spam-Mailbot.m (McAfee) W32/Joleee.M.worm (Panda)
Summary
Spammer:Win32/Tedroo.I is a trojan that is used to send spam, that is usually installed by other malware or when a user visits a compromised Web site. It may allow backdoor access by a remote attacker, and may disable a number of Windows services, including the Windows Firewall and Shared Access.
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://newed.any0.dpdns.org/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
This threat may make lasting changes to an affected system’s configuration that will NOT be restored by detecting and removing this threat. For more information on returning an affected system to its pre-infected state, please see the following article/s:
- Stopping and starting Windows services: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736564.aspx
- For other support and help related articles, go to:
- Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11732#tab0
- Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173#tab0
- Microsoft Security TechNet Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx
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