About “BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A” infection

The BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A 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 BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A virus can do?

• Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• 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
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Deletes executed files from disk

How to determine BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A?

File Info:
name: A900AB4C9D95063B3D44.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/94c55e50a50aaf59cb18017662121e2abc4ff4630dac38c6685aca3f26e7853dcrc32: 61A721A9md5: a900ab4c9d95063b3d44ff1db5993d74sha1: d986160bdd57f5ec336981d13d747902bf47859dsha256: 94c55e50a50aaf59cb18017662121e2abc4ff4630dac38c6685aca3f26e7853dsha512: b79fa360b47cd39f7804f3f52a50d03fca65cd48e5138d81a3c3403fb3b822b439610de0a12c453f8f80ee877de3f57c343061a52fbf741e2777b87c0c230b22ssdeep: 6144:ZwUdXOtxoyoQQ7H6ovh6LDG/CET+55XF06SzoS:6yXwirQyawhN3MhexzoStype: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1E7242382670D5E90C87275B70FCA04AEE81EF78F28F48B5654AF64A67D419F8CC252F4sha3_384: 6e1700e5329fb633d7580c4d7a0cdec55a2ef904d5f335c563325fc3e4acf1301022fc06f2724b6c4b665f6a67a909cbep_bytes: 60be153041008dbeebdffeff5789e58dtimestamp: 2019-07-30 08:52:45
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A also known as:

How to remove BAT/RiskWare.Obfuscated.A?

• 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.