Virus.Floxif

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Short bio

Virus.Floxif is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a file infecting virus that also creates a backdoor on the affected system.

Type of infection

Virus.Floxif can change legitimate files into infected files. Then the infected files act as a backdoor, giving the threat actor control over the machine. Virus.Floxif can be dropped by other malware or by visiting malicious sites.

Aftermath

Removing infected files can corrupt software that is present on the infected system. This could make the software and sometimes even the OS unusable. In these cases it may be necessary to re-install everything fom scratch.

Protection

Malwarebytes blocks Virus.Floxif

Home remediation

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

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

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

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