What is “Generik.CUEWUS”?

The Generik.CUEWUS 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 Generik.CUEWUS virus can do?

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

How to determine Generik.CUEWUS?


File Info:
crc32: 0338BC03
md5: 478b9ac61bf5385ab0df171713cc1b55
name: upload_file
sha1: ca39b4e668ad99cb658c4418786ebe9eea68a301
sha256: 13c90812e04490df7a3bc89e62dc71257610eb7244023ce7a6188adcb7657af1
sha512: b09c17a378606448bea3bfc667fb46191099d40a75ecf357c4ae645ee72bb227b9d779851cefd2958de9690321249445476a8cbea589673e6ea0b97db2c7fa45
ssdeep: 24576:nfBbPWutAfySv4qB8GoSGXHbVrsINHUBW:BPxtcycrYXHbds6Hm
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2019
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: LuOM.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: 
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: 
ProductName: foodNation
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: foodNation
OriginalFilename: LuOM.exe

Generik.CUEWUS also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.PackedNET.424
FireEye	Generic.mg.478b9ac61bf5385a
McAfee	PWS-FCRK!478B9AC61BF5
Cylance	Unsafe
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_70% (W)
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34570.Zm0@aGCp0tc
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Kryptik.BYB.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
AegisLab	Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.cc
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.C!ml
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
GData	Win32.Trojan-Stealer.MassLogger.PKHV7B
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Crypt.MSIL
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Generik.CUEWUS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H06JJ20
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/GenKryptik.EUOV!tr
Cybereason	malicious.668ad9
Qihoo-360	Generic/HEUR/QVM03.0.B1DF.Malware.Gen

How to remove Generik.CUEWUS?

Generik.CUEWUS 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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