Categories: Malware

What is “Heur.Krypt.4”?

The Heur.Krypt.4 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.Krypt.4 virus can do?

  • Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent file extensions from being displayed
  • Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Heur.Krypt.4?


File Info:

name: B42525C39E08B09F168F.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/58341cc3d0a000e273baa8a89d79f17651e8e9887c12deb3b1013f458d5c2f2ccrc32: 986C342Fmd5: b42525c39e08b09f168f4ba414e54c40sha1: 5578240172b8ec3ee058760effa8d5b1530ffd1esha256: 58341cc3d0a000e273baa8a89d79f17651e8e9887c12deb3b1013f458d5c2f2csha512: f9c7c56a5a3ff5836668dabd505e6efc478fa7f132559b91dea87fbee338f8c58eb35b2d483cc9327d6330fa9642992b88266bed5a77fbc00c71f5fcd2d4e02bssdeep: 24576:ZgN1gp2qrM0NMAb7DOcQpg6lSttxCrLwhjomqCl0JB1zz05EMrda:iLgp2qQ02AfDRqL9mq0urRtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1015502E2EB44321ED4CE9FB8D56246B9A61981CF1F9210DB4787B931580B8F0EE7DD09sha3_384: d8d73cacbc09f35ef7f0cf102211d3b9956e07bdae86c4a8144f1a85b416d81af74d5c23ddbad4dc2aa08d86e72cddabep_bytes: b8e4b400008d1d00204800c1c813c1c0timestamp: 2019-01-12 00:05:24

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Heur.Krypt.4 also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic Heuristic.File.Generic.00×1!p
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
ClamAV Win.Virus.Virlock-6332874-0
FireEye Generic.mg.b42525c39e08b09f
CAT-QuickHeal Ransom.PolyRansom.F3
McAfee W32/VirRansom.d
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
Sangfor Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0052b3dd1 )
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Starter.ali2000005
K7GW Trojan ( 0052b3dd1 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Baidu Win32.Virus.Virlock.e
Symantec W32.Virlock!inf7
tehtris Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Virlock.AO
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky Virus.Win32.PolyRansom.f
BitDefender Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Virlock.dsdros
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Crypt
Tencent Virus.Win32.VirLocker.j
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
Sophos ML/PE-A + W32/VirRnsm-F
Comodo Virus.Win32.VirLock.GA@7lv9go
DrWeb Win32.VirLock.16
Zillya Virus.Virlock.Win32.5
TrendMicro PE_VIRLOCK.K2
Trapmine suspicious.low.ml.score
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.Krypt.4 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
GData Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.cxkdx
Webroot W32.Polyransom
Avira TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASVirus.2BF
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Virlock.Gen.A
ZoneAlarm Virus.Win32.PolyRansom.f
Microsoft Ransom:Win32/ContiCrypt.OR!MTB
Google Detected
AhnLab-V3 Win32/Nabucur.D.X1505
BitDefenderTheta AI:Packer.E4CC437D1F
ALYac Gen:Heur.Krypt.4
MAX malware (ai score=81)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Lipler.02
Malwarebytes PolyRansom.Virus.FileInfector.DDS
TrendMicro-HouseCall PE_VIRLOCK.K2
Rising Virus.VirLock!1.A08A (CLASSIC)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!3AHoXOMJ9vI
TACHYON Virus/W32.VirRansom.B
Fortinet W32/Virlock.J
Cybereason malicious.39e08b
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen

How to remove Heur.Krypt.4?

  • 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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