What is “HackTool.Brutus”?

The HackTool.Brutus 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 HackTool.Brutus virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine HackTool.Brutus?


File Info:
crc32: 8BFA9502
md5: bd919038328f208160dc979ec6923dcf
name: BD919038328F208160DC979EC6923DCF.mlw
sha1: 38be05fdb1166b8f49a8d58abef2101a7e5a2b2d
sha256: e072ade56414dab5f66cfc1d349c708b8bb6b77f46ee52d4c19779edddaba503
sha512: 11f2e01fbed54c1433257062ecd3b3ccef43ab951a6b2506bc6f496427583d6c355bb638061ef5cc0e5788169f2a646655634b08898f79f42e1804ffa17ffbb1
ssdeep: 6144:589w85R+ocfhMWaDxxtVS3EXeehDhLlaRDe:Se8dcOWaDlLXegDhLgRi
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, PECompact2 compressed

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: 1998,1999,2000 Hoobie Inc
InternalName: 
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: HooBie Inc.
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: Brutus Authentication Engine Test release 2
ProductName: Brutus - AET2
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: Brutus AET 2
OriginalFilename: 
Translation: 0x0809 0x04e4

HackTool.Brutus also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
DrWeb	Tool.BrutusPWS
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Cybereason	malicious.db1166
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/PSWTool.Brutus.AA potentially unsafe
Zoner	Probably Heur.ExeHeaderH
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Brutus
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.BrutusPWS.eynohe
ViRobot	PSWTool.Brutus.231936
Sophos	Mal/ExeSax-A
Comodo	Malware@#170iscbqig4x
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZelphiF.34236.om0fa05LjFfi
VIPRE	PWCrack.Brutus.A
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic Malware.bj
FireEye	Generic.mg.bd919038328f2081
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_92%
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
ZoneAlarm	Packed.Multi.MultiPacked.gen
McAfee	Artemis!BD919038328F
Malwarebytes	HackTool.Brutus
Panda	Application/Brutus.B
Rising	Malware.Heuristic!ET#95% (RDMK:cmRtazrq0/bUYswMtK5lWmq3KJ8O)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/Brutus
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]

How to remove HackTool.Brutus?

HackTool.Brutus 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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