Generic PUA AH (PUA) removal

The Generic PUA AH (PUA) 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 Generic PUA AH (PUA) virus can do?

Drops a binary and executes it
Sniffs keystrokes
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Generic PUA AH (PUA)?


File Info:
crc32: 269F733A
md5: 6bcc86d76e3f6103a8eed9d87a432e3a
name: Stronghold-HD-Enhanced-Edition-V1.4-Plus-8-Trainer.EXE
sha1: 07fc55c509fd3d181f3c184764d2f3cbc94ab240
sha256: d5166336a886e008b139211aa246e657aa6fcd254ca759387ad72a060344bbf1
sha512: 171b826d50a04f452b4e837bd2cdef39932616eed332ec9fa8c6d74cb6f1c0b7b0154df146f7ba285703ec40f779f50bf4f2ecc42e8aa489de530d7041d63c4d
ssdeep: 196608:RxeTtvY3Onkr2B6YQqxbl/0fBb2U250GbNppyh1dJO5j8oHTxYT6wIe:RxeThY3Onkry/0fBb2U25BNPQJO5j8Y
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Generic PUA AH (PUA) also known as:

FireEye	Generic.mg.6bcc86d76e3f6103
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Cheatengine
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004ba1a41 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004ba1a41 )
Cybereason	malicious.509fd3
Invincea	heuristic
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
ClamAV	Win.Virus.Sality-6818674-0
GData	Win32.Riskware.Hacktool.D
Alibaba	HackTool:Win32/CheatEngine.a31114e1
AegisLab	Riskware.Win32.Malicious.1!c
Rising	Trojan.Wacatac!8.10C01 (CLOUD)
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.vh
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Generic PUA AH (PUA)
APEX	Malicious
Jiangmin	TrojanSpy.KeyLogger.lsz
Webroot	W32.Hacktool.Gen
Antiy-AVL	HackTool[Hoax]/Win32.CheatEngine.a
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!rfn
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Artemis!6BCC86D76E3F
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.CheatEngine
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/HackTool.CheatEngine.AF potentially unsafe
Yandex	HackTool.CheatEngine!h2lP7QG9eRI
AVG	FileRepMalware
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)

How to remove Generic PUA AH (PUA)?

Generic PUA AH (PUA) 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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