About “Generik.HEQPEUX” infection

The Generik.HEQPEUX 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.HEQPEUX virus can do?

HTTPS urls from behavior.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
Attempts to modify proxy settings
Accessed credential storage registry keys

How to determine Generik.HEQPEUX?


File Info:
name: C76D5D54A0BE6CAE6EF8.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/2a6ac69e98eedf8d1866ab5d68923f32eb9090e3c754449268f86a6b17111903
crc32: 6C03F9C4
md5: c76d5d54a0be6cae6ef8225736428191
sha1: e05263a3930cff3d4c3f00b99afb23f4cdca2644
sha256: 2a6ac69e98eedf8d1866ab5d68923f32eb9090e3c754449268f86a6b17111903
sha512: dc8ce6f01f09a46e553f1b9755c26aaa61fbaf459a846b5465ec71eab12c4712909c6d6673fec4b5b13b28a0d59d62d05030fef6bfc45f7354f9993f72f2fa6b
ssdeep: 24576:qnLOvblG8lj3C6L2BV+NFy1glWzOpTOYyCrCFh/N4tuYDmzi1yz9ncUK:xk8l/EfBOpTOYyCwN4tNDmu1y5cUK
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T106459D227950E436D0A60172DBADA755E465AC7043360CCFBBC5297C6EB4EC38A35E3B
sha3_384: 67e0f1e41fc361e592c610675c4cc45eca57af9cb6fa4c80659ed5669883a3c2b257a9fcd044de6f1b91360876ee65ff
ep_bytes: e86fd60000e989feffff8bff558bec83
timestamp: 2016-01-22 21:29:05

Version Info:
CompanyName: RealNetworks, Inc.
FileDescription: RealNetworks Installer
InternalName: RealNetworks Installer
ProductName: RealNetworks Installer (32-bit) 
OriginalFilename: rnsetup.EXE
FileVersion: 6.9.0.51
ProductVersion: 6.9.0.51
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Generik.HEQPEUX also known as:

Bkav	W32.Common.4CF0E242
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Inject.1b!c
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.th
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005ade971 )
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Inject.d29c0506
K7GW	Trojan ( 005ade971 )
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_60% (D)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Generik.HEQPEUX
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Inject.anlct
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.95 (RDML:D/GDGe/6Wz9CjUw8DLiUmw)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Google	Detected
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Inject
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Inject.anlct
McAfee	Artemis!C76D5D54A0BE
TACHYON	Trojan/W32.Inject.1167360.D
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Inject
Cylance	unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R011H0DJT23
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Rwhl
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.199686164.susgen

How to remove Generik.HEQPEUX?

Generik.HEQPEUX 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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