Trojan.Agent.MSDGen

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Short bio

Trojan.Agent.MSDGen is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name based on the properties of a value under the following registry key, which is indicative of Andromeda/Gamarue infections:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorerRun

Type of infection

Worm.Gamarue is often dropped onto a system by exploit kits.

Protection

block Trojan.Agent.MSDGen

Malwarebytes protects from Trojan.Agent.MSDGen by blocking Worm.Gamarue

Business remediation

How to remove Trojan.Agent.MSDGen with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

endpoint menu

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.

Nebula detections

On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Nebula Quarantaine

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Agent.MSDGen without further user interaction.