Doina.40979 removal instruction

The Doina.40979 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 Doina.40979 virus can do?

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• 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
• Checks adapter addresses which can be used to detect virtual network interfaces
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• A process created a hidden window
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• A process sent information about the computer to a remote location.
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Uses XCOPY for copying files

How to determine Doina.40979?

File Info:
name: F52208FA1D6B8FF5A657.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/ff99b44cd27f05d65e668fb4e2327cc405d3b61c3b3cebd59f552de3f1e49b10crc32: 30592452md5: f52208fa1d6b8ff5a6577b22ea8f6082sha1: 7c5fdc6b1e845b3ea42014b9a7eb782c852b3e26sha256: ff99b44cd27f05d65e668fb4e2327cc405d3b61c3b3cebd59f552de3f1e49b10sha512: 705cec7f282e5c876b3d7f243fca1edc8c7fb0bab13a4764d78027539b13e9451b1605d250c8da4fe1fa3a2d0ed1d2ac5bb09dc4bd0005bd062c49993b75641cssdeep: 3072:XvPSbKrSuGLzUzmYVfX1KsmLNXL1cayLWPQ+Mirki693q5BS:ibRvLzsmYVf4DLNXL1cxLWP9k72Stype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1B7247C227A81C473C657257508DAC776A7AAB8304B7457C7BBD44F3E9F302D28A3934Asha3_384: 90e3fd33915721f51696a66c636a4a49229b1950874484c3c4fd75e854a754067b6455a5b01c8ff00912a5ef1d4ec725ep_bytes: e81a6a0000e978feffff8bff558bec81timestamp: 2012-01-01 11:15:57
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Doina.40979 also known as:

How to remove Doina.40979?

• 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.