Heur.Zygug.5 removal tips

The Heur.Zygug.5 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.Zygug.5 virus can do?

Attempts to mimic the file extension of a JPG image by having ‘jpg’ in the file name.
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Heur.Zygug.5?


File Info:
crc32: C148013F
md5: b7c8f3dcca2c028e161fbe044c8f7007
name: Photo-105-145.jpg.scr
sha1: 8c2fe92a0bba696fbe2ea5f3d7a74533623d5c90
sha256: 55aff69f31809099b7a72a09e6335b4c9dede1a2376bd8897a87f52302fc49f2
sha512: fad6eb2a7c9a12ece8d42ba543e45c87414952aabd2188f0113ac203b466dfb9ceb49369ad394d8a12ccd74f9aeb6328c918ddca5bb1000a9bf2aaf9fc1aeade
ssdeep: 96:An2ZVh59TDRa5JNJl6XCPtboynuNVr8KV1to:AnghbJm9l6SP1oyn4Vr8KVjo
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Heur.Zygug.5 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.Zygug.5
FireEye	Generic.mg.b7c8f3dcca2c028e
Sangfor	Malware
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.Zygug.5
Cybereason	malicious.cca2c0
Invincea	Mal/Generic-S
Cyren	W32/SmallTrojan.CK.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Ransom.Wannacry
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Alibaba	Worm:Win32/Phorpiex.088f110a
AegisLab	Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDML:NIjqLUvsjrkmVa3gs5+zTQ)
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.Zygug.5
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen10.46031
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.zt
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.44343296 (B)
Ikarus	Win32.Outbreak
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/CryptInject!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Zygug.5
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
GData	Gen:Heur.Zygug.5
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Artemis!B7C8F3DCCA2C
MAX	malware (ai score=83)
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Phorpiex.AH
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.F0D1C00K320
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Zygug.Phqe
SentinelOne	DFI – Suspicious PE
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_94%
Fortinet	W32/Phorpiex.AH!worm
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Heur.Zygug.5?

Heur.Zygug.5 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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