Virus.Pioneer
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Short bio
Virus.Pioneer is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of viruses that infects executable files on an affected computer to download and install additional malware.
Type of infection
Virus.Pioneer spreads by adding the virus code to other executable files. It searches the active memory and local drives for .exe and .dll files outside of the %windir% directory. It adds the malicious code so it will be executed before the actual code in the executable.
Protection
Malwarebytes blocks Virus.Pioneer
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.