What is “BroExt (PUA)”?

The BroExt (PUA) 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 BroExt (PUA) virus can do?

• Sample contains Overlay data
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• 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
• CAPE detected the shellcode get eip malware family
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine BroExt (PUA)?

File Info:
name: 45DB91994F24165A7AC4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a553d4171ccae58ddcc8a2cc653c1c9797140b42fbb6e77c5b3cdb32366a9b00crc32: F4685F34md5: 45db91994f24165a7ac4f2f8be89e428sha1: ce86a12e25a31b83b2e48e242277d348e5db04e1sha256: a553d4171ccae58ddcc8a2cc653c1c9797140b42fbb6e77c5b3cdb32366a9b00sha512: 43c4ce89b2ae150062294e3fbedb44bd5dcb283988250eaa1fc08dc6dcfb856c0ff89902a041e7dfe3e1578e8b1236251d5a4ae444c30e2f386f6f1a182cbe81ssdeep: 49152:HY4pO7yhuEf341L9S/Lj34CJz1CKaPivE:HPOcTj3nYXUEtype: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1B185334D719A9934DDE61C3FC56B3309EA18CE29795368BFA4C744A19E42B7B33D0720sha3_384: 3d53d497716bdccfc516f7df4621752799d6149748d8ae152ec9211010e412f729d7f4e51a023c60ffff4669673421e2ep_bytes: 807c2408010f85e60b000060be004010timestamp: 2022-01-20 03:36:28
Version Info:
CompanyName: broscfgFileDescription: broscfgFileVersion: 2.0.0.18InternalName: broscfgLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2021OriginalFilename: broscfgProductName: broscfgProductVersion: 2.0.0.18Translation: 0x0804 0x04b0

BroExt (PUA) also known as:

How to remove BroExt (PUA)?

• 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.