Categories: Malware

Should I remove “BAT/BadJoke.KQ”?

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What BAT/BadJoke.KQ virus can do?

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time

How to determine BAT/BadJoke.KQ?


File Info:
name: C97D31454C39630702A5.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/56679a9354608595faed25891f17d32da66531f03ea7a2b5026bb91ad99f7f5dcrc32: 8A243440md5: c97d31454c39630702a51eafb046ed30sha1: 545452b6b8e576e62c0dbf223356e133ef6e395csha256: 56679a9354608595faed25891f17d32da66531f03ea7a2b5026bb91ad99f7f5dsha512: 348d9d6f450dab38f70be449bccc2ed4e971bd0d355623c2bb981b2853fcb854a881286723001b88b2564ba569da058b2f5c2f39c81e5490f1cb3d3c382f71bfssdeep: 1536:X7fbN3eEDhDPA/pICdUkbBtW7upvaLU0bI5taxKo0IOlnToIfbw+HOp:L7DhdC6kzWypvaQ0FxyNTBfb4type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T133937D41F3E202F7E6F1053100A6726F973662389764E8EBC74C2D529913AD5A63D3F9sha3_384: 861bcc3ad42b7f03610f8916da2f22ceb89fabfb2cdc910d84dcdebf3003dba3c45817bcae8e8e95e4b50717ee032333ep_bytes: 68ac00000068000000006868804100e8timestamp: 2019-07-30 08:52:45
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

BAT/BadJoke.KQ also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707
FireEye	Generic.mg.c97d31454c396307
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/SchoolBoy.be0f1c01
Cybereason	malicious.54c396
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	BAT/BadJoke.KQ
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.SchoolBoy.lqf
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.SchoolBoy.icqluw
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Schoolboy.Szll
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707 (B)
VIPRE	BAT.BadJoke (not malicious)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.44510707
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Occamy
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.SchoolBoy.lqf
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Gen.Generic.C4225815
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
APEX	Malicious
Rising	Ransom.ScarletFlash!8.1142F (C64:YzY0OvOpHPXwc7/W)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet	PossibleThreat.PALLAS.H
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)