Should I remove “AdWare.Win32.Maskit”?

The AdWare.Win32.Maskit is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What AdWare.Win32.Maskit virus can do?

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine AdWare.Win32.Maskit?


File Info:
name: 2766B89F69BD799BD001.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/e5cd19b6c5bcaccd59ad89c15041d82336d5d518434183ad2f749cc64c35c29a
crc32: 1CA2C7C3
md5: 2766b89f69bd799bd001031a65154b59
sha1: 58217a77b3002665f5cd2ee32dc9ce638004963a
sha256: e5cd19b6c5bcaccd59ad89c15041d82336d5d518434183ad2f749cc64c35c29a
sha512: ff2e17a52325eeb4d9ce6052228552e8df7a269b92db6358fce0d32817ad4ebe1d2904da47b7a07b15a86e30988b80bff4679c0b87301b80a5502ae5ed80b58e
ssdeep: 1536:6UlkQK25Tshw7iB6kLbehG3lJlqBwwwYgzoze83:6UlkQK25Tse66EeU3lX8wwwYmKeq
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T148D34B09FA83C8F5EB2715B448DFD2BF9534BE019C129D5AEB883B66FC31E4D6905118
sha3_384: ca63c0090429b8ea574569b685cb1558285097256bdac85ea100cd11c92f9003a88de94d3f0cbf55dfb74ed345078e36
ep_bytes: c7057030410000000000e9a1fcffff90
timestamp: 2021-12-02 13:02:57

Version Info:
CompanyName: Kirill
FileVersion: 1.0
FileDescription: kpi_re_lab_3
InternalName: Hello Kitty
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2021
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: hellokitty.exe
ProductName: Kitty
ProductVersion: 1.0
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

AdWare.Win32.Maskit also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
FireEye	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 00533c1b1 )
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/ParanoidFish.275e6b67
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 00533c1b1 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/ParanoidFish.A potentially unsafe
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Maskit.gen
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
Avast	Win32:MiscX-gen [PUP]
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
Sophos	Generic PUA FI (PUA)
Zillya	Adware.Maskit.Win32.61
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WL521
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151 (B)
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.38187151
Jiangmin	AdWare.Maskit.ap
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D246B08F
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.TE.B!ml
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win.Generic.R456201
McAfee	GenericRXQZ-AV!2766B89F69BD
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
VBA32	Adware.Maskit
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WL521
Fortinet	Riskware/ParanoidFish
AVG	Win32:MiscX-gen [PUP]
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A

How to remove AdWare.Win32.Maskit?

AdWare.Win32.Maskit removal tool

Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
“Move to quarantine” all items.
Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
Restart your computer.

About the author

Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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