Categories: Malware

About “Cerbu.28098” infection

The Cerbu.28098 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 Cerbu.28098 virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Expresses interest in specific running processes
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
  • Queries information on disks, possibly for anti-virtualization
  • Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
  • Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a device
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Cerbu.28098?


File Info:

crc32: B4E952B5md5: c8858742ef0ee4bec52cc7250cca40cename: C8858742EF0EE4BEC52CC7250CCA40CE.mlwsha1: 3efd70d4ffeb5f7060ae10550ecb3a53acbb7da8sha256: 0283602a0765be41b0267dcfa35724a14afa257d6c96cab43fbe1325ca9f98dfsha512: 02a2157999f7e6ac8a188c914e3a7f019fc32062e2de0ee178ad9358f9248d87ede017ebda31ab10419f4fd13e08ce6a96f2887db358abada0fc28ab6311c085ssdeep: 6144:sfYxkJnRE6D+SFcfNgmk5W8QNeTNDRBFqft/tE5LW2fsFp/dagKQjCM:qJ66D9FcFgJWVSNlBuE5HfsRagjjZtype: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Cerbu.28098 also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Generic.Win32.1046162
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Obsidium.0454b214
Cybereason malicious.2ef0ee
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Szld
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Comodo Malware@#151rjwdyxkf7p
BitDefenderTheta AI:Packer.3A0BA5701F
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dc
FireEye Generic.mg.c8858742ef0ee4be
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_94%
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.304F012
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C02
GData Gen:Variant.Cerbu.28098
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic.C4093937
Acronis suspicious
McAfee Artemis!C8858742EF0E
MAX malware (ai score=80)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.APosT
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDMK:z4t5dws3G/yTNlgX32GVJQ)
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Obsidium
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet W32/Generic!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove Cerbu.28098?

  • 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.
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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