FakeAV.56 removal guide

The FakeAV.56 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.56 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• 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.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• A ping command was executed with the -n argument possibly to delay analysis
• Emumerates physical drives
• Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
• Creates a copy of itself
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine FakeAV.56?

File Info:
name: E8E48E7F24E05B647DC8.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/21c401a3176e5bdad0ddb44caa076123053c6203685808858b3f63a315960b12
crc32: 3C78A59B
md5: e8e48e7f24e05b647dc8cd58b1146dbb
sha1: d48feda4796c03693476a7f85a2b722049887a32
sha256: 21c401a3176e5bdad0ddb44caa076123053c6203685808858b3f63a315960b12
sha512: e519cf29aa3dd5a48b719cbfec66f79ccb38f2eefb4ebccca303a40e3848b5f739289f997b5a27f7d34f98ba0de60912ca69779f6c076025f91ccbbd857819da
ssdeep: 6144:7lK7Mk8dtluMZq8TNLKaq59NXoKMIgWgpAAUzozf4LRliA:7lAr8boDILP6LoKMIaAANzuRl
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T10F94E1965A88F67DE1BC05F10463CA3E227BEFBF067A4F096A997175CBF12406D0290D
sha3_384: a2f3213d2f3ab741ea937fd52590ac1a891e8ee7ded51a785cf3337802899c9de1cb5da5b8a79aa224aea437475f0472
ep_bytes: 558bec6aff68c0e1020168ecb9020164
timestamp: 2011-06-17 06:35:05

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

FakeAV.56 also known as:

How to remove FakeAV.56?

• 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.