Heur.Emotet.2 removal tips

The Heur.Emotet.2 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 Heur.Emotet.2 virus can do?

The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Heur.Emotet.2?


File Info:
name: 126DE11850E771EB3D05.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a797a85c308b4b60eb814e342a4cf69d726015357e277a0c81e9796ed4c836da
crc32: 66C662E3
md5: 126de11850e771eb3d059da9dd5fac6e
sha1: 8efc2533f11100dd2c98ae15ce85ef9d4d9b5bce
sha256: a797a85c308b4b60eb814e342a4cf69d726015357e277a0c81e9796ed4c836da
sha512: b0d80fe6634fcd49eb3e1cca6a1c71c96705f6a632bc6478a0eeb19f97c598c7ff520126265bbd195f2d33a479f0f530fb2b558d2aef93a69c22b43f21a77a39
ssdeep: 1536:wPZ0ZQR1QAiiFkRVQy1vcWQzuA5BWoi/C6aVjI0ej0z:wP+QR1Q2mDQyZc/zuA5BWoiaFRIR8
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1A0A3E192EA153B2BF600003A616DB6CD6B172DB5011BDE7BCB084BB19B38FDF4915D16
sha3_384: 7a315114936e8ce67d86c8ad6d873400d1814b33fd3184717032c9b47ad600a0671ec4ed2c3cb8df769c6d51ea21c662
ep_bytes: 5554891da85200038f05b05200038f05
timestamp: 2013-12-31 23:22:08

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Heur.Emotet.2 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Emotet.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen8.7201
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2
FireEye	Generic.mg.126de11850e771eb
ALYac	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2
Zillya	Trojan.Emotet.Win32.6256
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Kryptik.08efcbaa
Cybereason	malicious.850e77
Symantec	Trojan.Emotet
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GHNR
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_EMOTET.AP
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.85 (RDML:Lms+mvQGtL7Qti3obPihsw)
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2 (B)
Comodo	Malware@#17p5mvzg1kl9k
TrendMicro	TSPY_EMOTET.AP
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.nc
Sophos	Mal/Generic-R + Mal/EncPk-AOI
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Gen:Heur.Emotet.2
Jiangmin	Trojan.Banker.Emotet.gjf
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Emotet
MAX	malware (ai score=94)
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.28F8CCF
Arcabit	Trojan.Emotet.2
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.CA7
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Emotet-FJX!126DE11850E7
VBA32	BScope.Backdoor.Dridex
APEX	Malicious
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!xEgS7rDfBHA
Ikarus	Trojan-Banker.Emotet
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet	W32/GenKryptik.COKO!tr
Panda	Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Heur.Emotet.2?

Heur.Emotet.2 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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I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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