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Trojan:Win32/Boaxxe
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan.Win32.Agent.eysx (Kaspersky) Trojan.Inject.2 (Dr.Web) Trojan.Win32.Boaxxe (Ikarus) Trj/Agent.NYO (Panda) Trojan.Win32.Generic.522ABAD8 (Rising AV)
Summary
Trojan:Win32/Boaxxe is a family of trojans that install themselves as Browser Helper Objects (BHO). A file detected as Trojan:Win32/Boaxxe may contact remote websites to download and execute arbitrary files.
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:
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