Categories: Malware

How to remove “Generik.EMZHTQZ”?

The Generik.EMZHTQZ 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.EMZHTQZ virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Created a process from a suspicious location
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • CAPE detected the PyInstaller malware family

How to determine Generik.EMZHTQZ?


File Info:

name: EC2105CD4CBFAD91282D.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f06a07ffdc941cf7c310ca189b164d7b0a5110beb634aae30b69e36f1bb08b68crc32: 93D78704md5: ec2105cd4cbfad91282daba032d077eesha1: 3a40c17cbac58ed83560ada475e371f7cc8b18basha256: f06a07ffdc941cf7c310ca189b164d7b0a5110beb634aae30b69e36f1bb08b68sha512: 5c51db1a0b4320cbbdf4c27464b82c67f9bb242da381ed0692775d43613861c0217d957f735cb296f3eab7037687d8f92c4b5f54d94f770823dc1e02eeaca4b4ssdeep: 393216:9zCFNeXKyCdhcIOelXgpK92lHYQfY79VKQoS:9zCm6XLwpi26Q49VTtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T185D6332BED5000A3C5B169FA4EE9D373B56C59A25B7C96AB03FC13930B653D02B3660Dsha3_384: 022e285e896ee54723ebd9973352569f52ca6564912248bbbd4dea76b0a7c225d7a6e04579b4061f5abe076a77ef1dd5ep_bytes: e836050000e98efeffffcccccc575653timestamp: 2017-12-11 15:10:30

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Generik.EMZHTQZ also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic Adware.Win32.HiddenInstall.2!c
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Riskware
Sangfor Adware.Win32.HiddenInstall.si
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 00584baa1 )
Alibaba AdWare:Win32/HiddenInstall.dfe17605
K7GW Riskware ( 00584baa1 )
Cybereason malicious.cbac58
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Generik.EMZHTQZ
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HiddenInstall.si
Avast FileRepMalware [Misc]
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generik.Akon
Sophos Generic PUA DK (PUA)
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.rc
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HiddenInstall.si
GData Win32.Trojan.BSE.15DLKXI
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.RL_Wacatac.R360434
McAfee Artemis!EC2105CD4CBF
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002H0DEA22
Fortinet Malicious_Behavior.SB
AVG FileRepMalware [Misc]

How to remove Generik.EMZHTQZ?

  • 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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