Categories: Backdoor

Should I remove “Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.H”?

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What Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.H virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Drops a binary and executes it
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
Behavioural detection: PlugX
Attempts to modify proxy settings
Creates a copy of itself
Harvests cookies for information gathering
Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.H?


File Info:
name: 4DD49174D6BC55910538.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/4d464f9def2276dac15d19ccf049b7c68642290bc0e345e06d4b6e9103fde9e6crc32: F52C0635md5: 4dd49174d6bc559105383bdf8bf0e234sha1: f0c0975f349f12cdbd39e00b151df07cd82ecf7dsha256: 4d464f9def2276dac15d19ccf049b7c68642290bc0e345e06d4b6e9103fde9e6sha512: baee063036c0b394a9459a9e4b044d9f08f4825f7f24080011aaa23aebcf6ce10e241eb329ca2cbc3f04b2c871830bb756b3d7b8dfd37377ee9904455bce20ddssdeep: 3072:Yok4FeBAdxx360IHdXA2rWlou0+11lAjg:7CAjx329JrWyZ412type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T175B30134A6AF4633E3EB51F4A53F064A253FAD30BE05AB1C9352187BFD10789649E247sha3_384: 358745af96ca657947858b6d6a75e8896b9cffcb56ecd0f42a7fc7c3d907368a584f687115b6bc6b720d8fdcb27a9974ep_bytes: 558bec83ec1ca100c0410033c58945fctimestamp: 2013-11-04 07:31:34
Version Info:
CompanyName: SysinternalsFileDescription: DebugViewFileVersion: 4.79InternalName: Sysinternals Debug Output ViewerLegalCopyright: Copyright © 1998-2012 Mark RussinovichOriginalFilename: Dbgview.exeProductName: Sysinternals DebugviewProductVersion: 4.79Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.H also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Gulpix.4!c
tehtris	Generic.Malware
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Trojan.ExplorerHijack.gy0@au0O1gmi
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Plugx-1
FireEye	Generic.mg.4dd49174d6bc5591
McAfee	GenericRXAA-AA!4DD49174D6BC
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Gen:Trojan.ExplorerHijack.gy0@au0O1gmi
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Alibaba	Backdoor:Win32/Gulpix.59e5214d
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
VirIT	Backdoor.Win32.Generic.CKBD
Cyren	W32/Ransom.J.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Backdoor.Korplug!gm
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Korplug.BS
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Gulpix.tu
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.ExplorerHijack.gy0@au0O1gmi
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Gulpix.cqnjdm
Avast	Win32:Agent-ASHL [Trj]
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.1175a9aa
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.ExplorerHijack.gy0@au0O1gmi (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Dropper.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen5.64483
Zillya	Backdoor.Gulpix.Win32.37
TrendMicro	BKDR_PLUGX.AS
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Pate.cc
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Troj/Plugx-X
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Crypt
GData	Gen:Trojan.ExplorerHijack.gy0@au0O1gmi
Jiangmin	Backdoor.Gulpix.do
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.Gulpix
Xcitium	Malware@#2jnbjawfcv847
Arcabit	Trojan.ExplorerHijack.EF82DC
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Gulpix.112128
ZoneAlarm	Backdoor.Win32.Gulpix.tu
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Plugx.H
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Korplug.C221776
Acronis	suspicious
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.36250.gy0@au0O1gmi
ALYac	Backdoor.PlugX.A
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	Backdoor.Gulpix
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.2673314783
Panda	Generic Malware
TrendMicro-HouseCall	BKDR_PLUGX.AS
Rising	Backdoor.Gulpix!8.3DA (TFE:5:kihLMQCYEOF)
Yandex	Backdoor.Gulpix!3NKRsez07BQ
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.6663761.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Gulpix.TU!tr.bdr
AVG	Win32:Agent-ASHL [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.4d6bc5
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS