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Trojan.ADH or Heuristic.ADH is a very harmful Trojan that will infect executable files on the compromised computer. Trojan.ADH and Heuristic.ADH are generic detection for a malicious files or computer virus with the same functionalities and payload once executed on the system. It brings several malfunctions to affected computer and endangers the operating system.

Alias: Trojan-Banker.Win32.Bancos.isn, W32/Koobface.worm.gen.o, Mal/EncPk-KX, Mal/EncPk-LC, PWS:Win32/Zbot.gen!Q

Damage Level: Medium

Systems Affected: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Characteristics
Once running on the computer, Trojan.ADH will perform various malicious tasks including the following:

Trojan.ADH may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to compromised system.
This Trojan also downloads malicious files from its hosts and updates itself.
Infected computer may experience a slowdown in performance when this Trojan runs several processes in the background.
It steals sensitive financial data like online banking details and credit card account.
Apply a rootkit functionality to hide its presence on the computer.
Capture screen shot images and sends it to a remote location through email.
Distribution
Trojan.ADH uses several methods to spread a copy. In most cases, it is injected to illegal files like key generator and program cracks. These files are widely available over the Internet. Various web sites and peer-to-peer connections are significant sources that may bring Trojan.ADH on one’s computer without their consent.

Detection and Removal
Trojan.ADH is a generic detection process. Certain anti-virus vendors designed the method to identify new malware threats using highly sensitive detection skills. In most cases, files detected as Trojan.ADH are somehow malicious or may contain suspicious behavior. However, this detection process may rarely identify valid files and legitimate programs that show similar characteristics of the Trojan. Hence, deleting valid files may result to system or program malfunction. Therefore, it is important to check files that are identified as Trojan.ADH before executing any actions.

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