What is “Application.Generic.3040831”?

The Application.Generic.3040831 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.

What Application.Generic.3040831 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Creates RWX memory
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Deletes its original binary from disk
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Creates a copy of itself

How to determine Application.Generic.3040831?

File Info:
name: C8C71C8FB5AF475548B7.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/e9db02bbad4e7d4f0700026682abf325baa5965e984cc7ed947ba6f04b63cc18crc32: DEE77B50md5: c8c71c8fb5af475548b7ea9776a64dacsha1: 5f9daf00027f46d6879995bc050beda9958beddfsha256: e9db02bbad4e7d4f0700026682abf325baa5965e984cc7ed947ba6f04b63cc18sha512: c11ce399a878f29dedd1819cc0e57910badb9735e241e01264a378bb05b040535596a02ee629b0bea54562ac7835c6100dedcee55698d0a25c7236078ffdc874ssdeep: 24576:JYdf1fSwCpj2l05ZAkQU2N+2WT0UH3cYkXJ3ku6:Wdf0qSALh3OH3Opktype: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1630533F9E912D38DC266D5FCF929D92556C22E64B2017DEC3BA940484C3D82716BF237sha3_384: 40e57193a82806171e1a2a53b76940277c79e17a61e8e451d1932bd91255381c5bce295b5a2d990888b41603ecefb691ep_bytes: ba0000000057415881ebea5d56775043timestamp: 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Application.Generic.3040831 also known as:

How to remove Application.Generic.3040831?

• 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.