Categories: Malware

Hoax.BadJoke (file analysis)

The Hoax.BadJoke 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 Hoax.BadJoke virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Hoax.BadJoke?


File Info:

name: BC07CF3F4273EC6E1598.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/500fe9a271faa02692f1247bdbee20efa98f4c41b8466347dabe0b8166ffe863crc32: 4A8D92B4md5: bc07cf3f4273ec6e159812e5ceb70904sha1: b32c4a1dfff0096eb3fb92e823d715edddca0ce0sha256: 500fe9a271faa02692f1247bdbee20efa98f4c41b8466347dabe0b8166ffe863sha512: 93f4a98225349c485e4792d36e56621f9be86834b0385d67930ab10a2fe688c515970300cefc4968988021f273885db8e480ebf78ffd89bc33178bc67805d411ssdeep: 196608:DuW39IjYpOPCqMvvfng2OM20giL+PtHfDCBLyC3Ozm1KuQ:7NIjyCCqMvg/0giqAkAtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T194D633095903C302D97AB3BD009E6612EF8E18497261B62E8F9EF4D35F1634671EEDE4sha3_384: 3f5552efbac6c90ae91f86dbb8f37615265e7d429741671ce2c9769375eeaad801c555ec94c01016e5c3b2fdd614e897ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2017-01-28 10:16:45

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0Comments: Tool to corrupt the Windows RegistryCompanyName: FileDescription: RegFuckFileVersion: 1.0.0.0InternalName: RegFuck.exeLegalCopyright: Copyright © 2017LegalTrademarks: OriginalFilename: RegFuck.exeProductName: RegFuckProductVersion: 1.0.0.0Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

Hoax.BadJoke also known as:

Lionic Trojan.Win32.RegKill.4!c
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
FireEye Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
ALYac Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
Malwarebytes Hoax.BadJoke
VIPRE Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
K7GW Trojan ( 00546c601 )
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00546c601 )
Arcabit Trojan.Ursu.DE48E0
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 MSIL/BadJoke.NI
APEX Malicious
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.RegKill.i
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/RegKill.4148ddc7
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.WinKill.fmpefm
Rising Trojan.Generic/MSIL@AI.100 (RDM.MSIL:1pEWlgpyaMdDfZ1eZA+A9g)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160 (B)
Comodo Malware@#10jt0iygot71b
DrWeb Tool.WinKill.1
Zillya Tool.NI.Win32.1
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0DDJ22
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
Trapmine suspicious.low.ml.score
Sophos Mal/DotNet-L
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.BadJoke
Jiangmin Trojan.RegKill.a
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Avira TR/BadJoke.cvqpd
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.5EDF
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.RegKill.i.(kcloud)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
ZoneAlarm Trojan.Win32.RegKill.i
GData Gen:Variant.Ursu.936160
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
McAfee Artemis!BC07CF3F4273
Cylance Unsafe
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0DDJ22
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Regkill.Pezf
Yandex Trojan.Igent.bU6xZ9.17
SentinelOne Static AI – Suspicious PE
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.74531599.susgen
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34786.@p0@aOqIVRk
Cybereason malicious.f4273e

How to remove Hoax.BadJoke?

  • 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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