How to remove “Generic PUA ON (PUA)”?

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

Drops a binary and executes it
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Sniffs keystrokes
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Generic PUA ON (PUA)?


File Info:
crc32: D267F229
md5: df89689294092f49255ce5dfbeaf4782
name: Offworld-Trading-Company-V1.16.17762-Trainer-4-MrAntiFun.EXE
sha1: edc6a8c64465d8d99dc9143eeb981d8d2d8a20c6
sha256: bcba71e0f8f158b1078b3b24b44e6ee74b0415799e819d6153f7f45ae8805ece
sha512: 7964f62a521c6896a8747855a985be2269cb39a34e7cbfd0e76f08786039c916b2632c3ed6780cdd55c6bad27c14db64b1f3ccf542ce79026fe10a41373e907f
ssdeep: 98304:vloUVOAmPZkH607ww/ONQH2jyh1Hdr6ZmoNw3fuu9Hbb:vSSO/ZkH607ww/O2v9r6ZJ220b
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Generic PUA ON (PUA) also known as:

CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IGENERIC
McAfee	PUP-XAR-GC
Malwarebytes	CheatTool.CETTrainer
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004ba1a41 )
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004ba1a41 )
Invincea	heuristic
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OJO17
GData	Win32.Riskware.Hacktool.D
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Highconfidence.4819456
Emsisoft	Application.GameHack (A)
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OJO17
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAR.rc
Sophos	Generic PUA ON (PUA)
SentinelOne	static engine – malicious
Cyren	W32/Trojan.OHBI-7274
Jiangmin	TrojanDropper.Injector.aqkx
Webroot	W32.Hacktool.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Script.AGeneric
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
Cylance	Unsafe
WhiteArmor	Malware.HighConfidence
Zoner	Trojan.Cheatengine
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/HackTool.CheatEngine.AF potentially unsafe
Yandex	HackTool.CheatEngine!h2lP7QG9eRI
Fortinet	Riskware/PUP_XAR
Cybereason	malicious.64465d
Paloalto	generic.ml
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Generic PUA ON (PUA)?

Generic PUA ON (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.

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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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