How to remove “Bulz.398488”?

The Bulz.398488 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.

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What Bulz.398488 virus can do?

How to determine Bulz.398488?


File Info:
crc32: A654F5CB
md5: 442df949bc6561667075a3be714f2ee2
name: 442DF949BC6561667075A3BE714F2EE2.mlw
sha1: 7439b26069d70e39ae2d7ef1b5b82c0e4ec163f2
sha256: d25ecbcb79ba2a82b551976de73da29fdd407334264ae4b55b58baad6cecd72b
sha512: fa7b9eabd70a2ca27e51557f317aee6752e699613a69d4ae75e25410f9f7df3ae1cb5c2f4734b1d3dea4d857ed1e5450f29e5f227028399ef5abd1257d4815e4
ssdeep: 24576:LxK/L4U7IrLBms4o2S3ge8ZuuTCxrblAWh:e7IrLBmQ2SQsuTCFxAWh
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: xa9 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: taskhost.exe
FileVersion: 10.0.17763.831 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Microsoftxae Windowsxae Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.17763.831
FileDescription: Host Process for Windows Tasks
OriginalFilename: taskhost.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Bulz.398488 also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00577dec1 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop17.51325
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Filecoder.Win32.19471
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
K7GW	Trojan ( 00577dec1 )
Cybereason	malicious.9bc656
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Filecoder.Avaddon.D
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.11c10e72
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488
Sophos	Troj/Avaddon-A
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34050.Yu0@a8Z9Dgki
TrendMicro	Ransom.Win32.AVADDON.SMTHA
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.cm
FireEye	Generic.mg.442df949bc656166
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488 (B)
Jiangmin	Trojan.DelShad.bok
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1138883
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_100%
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.335EE48
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Avaddon.MK!MTB
Arcabit	Trojan.Bulz.D61498
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Generic
GData	Gen:Variant.Bulz.398488
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win.Ransom.R422799
McAfee	GenericRXOX-FG!442DF949BC65
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
Malwarebytes	Ransom.Avaddon
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom.Win32.AVADDON.SMTHA
Rising	Ransom.Avaddon!1.C7A8 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan-Ransom.Avaddon
Fortinet	W32/Avaddon.C!tr.ransom
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM20.1.C75B.Malware.Gen

How to remove Bulz.398488?

Bulz.398488 removal tool

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.

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Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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