How to remove “Heur.Variadic.A.304.2”?

The Heur.Variadic.A.304.2 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.Variadic.A.304.2 virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Heur.Variadic.A.304.2?


File Info:
crc32: 59F39FF5
md5: 6debfb5af9cc2401211676e105090e41
name: 6DEBFB5AF9CC2401211676E105090E41.mlw
sha1: 6d01ac3c849805cf2fe8e9e0bedf47aea8419063
sha256: 5f6fb4531c7af787a2d3973d87ea23a40b6a8a51cf7a6810ef211e4079a4ba4e
sha512: e5b41fe3c59560802b1d83c5fd13029d21d32ef82ef8c7279591f936c2ed2b29d5f26414ee516a0f5e73e2a0781515793108e4c442930f50b4ab2355776c2fb6
ssdeep: 12288:ZSP98gA3HWFqTJcgCoPupN2BfMzP7r9r/+ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp:YP6z32FqWgCcuKMz1q
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 Microsoft 2011 - 2021
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: YOY8j.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: Microsoft
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: 
ProductName: Factory Reset
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: Factory Reset
OriginalFilename: YOY8j.exe

Heur.Variadic.A.304.2 also known as:

Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2
Cylance	Unsafe
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.af9cc2
Cyren	W32/Faker.J.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Scr.Malcode!gdn30
APEX	Malicious
Avast	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
Kaspersky	UDS:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agensla.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2
Sophos	ML/PE-A
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34050.3m0@a89C8Hc
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.ch
FireEye	Generic.mg.6debfb5af9cc2401
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Gridinsoft	Trojan.Win32.Gen.se!i
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
GData	Gen:Heur.Variadic.A.304.2
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.KeyLogger.C854703
McAfee	AgentTesla-FDAH!6DEBFB5AF9CC
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
Malwarebytes	Backdoor.Agent.PDL
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.F0D1C00GO21
Ikarus	Win32.Outbreak
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.ACBN!tr
AVG	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.CAA3.Malware.Gen

How to remove Heur.Variadic.A.304.2?

Heur.Variadic.A.304.2 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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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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