Should I remove “Fosniw.14”?

The Fosniw.14 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 Fosniw.14 virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Fosniw.14?


File Info:
crc32: AA05D190
md5: 218dec7f95e41c9479f8789c8ea32692
name: 218DEC7F95E41C9479F8789C8EA32692.mlw
sha1: f842615d521437795fef971638c3afacb8851186
sha256: 5621e7e1a3b9555a1350dff755368175439bbe7e03120993979d1868288f2be9
sha512: 97006600b3cb65e6e3dccccc6e040cc3be70b4dc4d99e45ef98e2e0b13217e8d98bdd848ed9e155ec5bdc449c23a16ce3bab893546e4a47491e63f6aa333bcd4
ssdeep: 1536:sE9HiXH7cYyglDTsjBaKOO+D3wYvFWKy7:sWiLcYyi3sjBDOwY9ny7
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, PECompact2 compressed

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Fosniw.14 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.f95e41
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky	VHO:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryptodef.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14
Sophos	ML/PE-A
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34722.dmXaa8xD4vm
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Swisyn.qc
FireEye	Generic.mg.218dec7f95e41c94
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Pynamer.A!rfn
GData	Gen:Variant.Fosniw.14
McAfee	Artemis!218DEC7F95E4
MAX	malware (ai score=98)
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.87 (RDML:A78IfSKURg+Zfp8a84X38w)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Fosniw.14?

Fosniw.14 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.

About the author

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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