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Generic PUA HC (PUA) malicious file

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

  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Sniffs keystrokes
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Generic PUA HC (PUA)?


File Info:

crc32: B15191F6md5: c581f536af7e264623eb2101e963399cname: Way-of-the-Samurai-4-Trainer-Build02-ALI213.EXEsha1: 726672e64f171f08a49789eec6bbd2145c59cfc5sha256: 12950f1dc1df27b12c34f116d210b4636bc901a7119549fb33cb433570a66311sha512: de0153869628fd105ad50e189666e46fd95673f9a7817580b2729fb22d9d89bcc4155d7176f03c43c2800ca10b2fbe88e310b2093308eebefab07df2fae5fcefssdeep: 98304:tS2Tkn2+JPaFbIUyuVrVyAnVVqC0H/kpDgAIKAF3uPu3ir:tS2m2UMUEVLrqVfED/fPustype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Generic PUA HC (PUA) also known as:

McAfee Artemis!C581F536AF7E
Malwarebytes HackTool.CheatEngine
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004b8a131 )
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004b8a131 )
F-Prot W32/CheatEngine.B.gen!Eldorado
Symantec Trojan.Gen.SMH
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/HackTool.CheatEngine.AF potentially unsafe
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Agnitum HackTool.CheatEngine!h2lP7QG9eRI
AegisLab Troj.Gen.Smh!c
Sophos Generic PUA HC (PUA)
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R02KC0OIC15
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Virut.wc
Cyren W32/CheatEngine.B.gen!Eldorado
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Injector.aqkx
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.1569906
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Packed]/Win32.PolyCrypt
GData Win32.Riskware.Hacktool.D
Baidu-International HackTool.Win32.CheatEngine.aai

How to remove Generic PUA HC (PUA)?

  • 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.
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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