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2020-05-27T10:54:41+00:00

I really wanna know this specific trojan please is there a person that can tell me exactly this type of trojan? I heard it is not extracting your personal files but is that true? 

Also, my windows defender didn't do anything it just warned me, and then after a few minutes I put the virus in quarantine which I am little worried it had some minutes to do things on my computer during these minutes like 10 what can this trojan possibly have done and extracted? 

How can I also see the virus activity on the even logger? for example remote connection it uses to inform the hacker what it has collected for data or personal files? 

i really want someone expert to tell me this and answer my questions.

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  1. Reza-Ameri 45,806 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-05-27T14:28:12+00:00

    I believe you are referring to:

    Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.G!ml

    It is known malware and it is being detected with Windows Defender and when it placed to Quarantine, they you are safe and good to go.

    You may check history of Windows Defender and it will show location of malware but you wouldn't see information like remote connection and so on.

    You may look into event viewer during the time when this malware detected and see if there is any log associated with this malware.

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  4. Reza-Ameri 45,806 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-05-28T14:44:01+00:00

    The moment Windows Defender detects it, it will stop it while waiting for your action, so it won'tbe able to collect data. Trojan itself normally won't collect data and if it was like Hacktool, Keylogger, TrojanSpy, then it would concern collecting personal data.

    Windows Firewall is able to collect log but you will need to enable this feature and if it has been off, you won't see network connection activities:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-firewall/configure-the-windows-firewall-log

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