Should I remove “FakeAV.55”?

The FakeAV.55 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 FakeAV.55 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
• 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 patterns malware family
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine FakeAV.55?

File Info:
name: E471B0AD787FC20530E4.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/b940f97caff296fdad2c65a795b0a5d2c83247c3a634dcf76c53fc86ceac734e
crc32: B8B3A2C3
md5: e471b0ad787fc20530e42e6c991cb3dc
sha1: 02259000de50f3a0dca7dc95ac03d928cdd1d791
sha256: b940f97caff296fdad2c65a795b0a5d2c83247c3a634dcf76c53fc86ceac734e
sha512: d60de5f90a4b9514ab2977521aaae0043cc085b3365b859cd45caa0f3e4f689fae5ad665f1f22257ab576517e4822a9937886511cdfde381bcda92d531019533
ssdeep: 12288:sMkHCcT8BLy21o9mZoHx0doCkOiiWUyPux+oSD:RkR2xo91Hx0dXZ92uxi
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T16CB423B1E639C371CCE7047D18815A611A3AE65AD4E2CD70C090BBAF4EF7AA11E1477E
sha3_384: 850bc337df5f29f1917b9f014871179658d1b31cc56441726b54595be3463bfc87e1867ed96421f836ea82167a6ba9df
ep_bytes: 60be006045008dbe00b0faffc7873c81
timestamp: 2008-05-14 13:38:58

Version Info:
CompanyName: x0Xraby
FileDescription: jkvAIrK5pe1V9
FileVersion: wtMA0QFP0
InternalName: e8oIxDqb23LrB
LegalCopyright: sYVS4J
OriginalFilename: DWmmkSf139A9l1
ProductName: 3QpMGn
ProductVersion: oYUEzBjyxxChvx

FakeAV.55 also known as:

How to remove FakeAV.55?

• 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.