Categories: Malware

What is “Johnnie.232972”?

The Johnnie.232972 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 Johnnie.232972 virus can do?

  • Sample contains Overlay data
  • Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Attempts to modify proxy settings

How to determine Johnnie.232972?


File Info:

name: F224578C713EE342BDEE.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f6de37767590ef43055791c2fe177abc3849df9fd1e9170a2389f7f702e1d918crc32: 3B5E0FBBmd5: f224578c713ee342bdeec733f6e3fd5dsha1: 5913178d2f8e4daafde9006db14bec17c5462a94sha256: f6de37767590ef43055791c2fe177abc3849df9fd1e9170a2389f7f702e1d918sha512: 3a6e668063a6d8c29b4d2e141f874c3807649973e260457337808e46436eaeee6b4de2d8da13ea5a8b17d3791221fbc4c26a2b39ad0c4eb094fad3864ca22ce2ssdeep: 98304:ASiBlJtt1W9ys9mnlf3dMyfOYDUtW9EaCRrZcaGUp:gFttI8tpmYDUc6aYGuptype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1EE1601016380C075E4B2483E49BEBAFA5129BD21372598D7B2CC79291BB59F13D3DA73sha3_384: 124cc76c7b77717d21a5ce06cc8c74d642c12cd77359c781265dae222bc320b99fb964e2a772a92ed035ab22d0a4f673ep_bytes: e897040000e97afeffff558bec81ec24timestamp: 2020-02-25 17:50:49

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0804 0x04b0FileVersion: V1Comments: 极狐游戏加速器CompanyName: FileDescription: 极狐游戏加速器InternalName: 极狐游戏加速器LegalCopyright: OriginalFilename: 极狐游戏加速器ProductName: 极狐游戏加速器ProductVersion: V1Assembly Version: V1

Johnnie.232972 also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
FireEye Generic.mg.f224578c713ee342
McAfee GenericRXKU-KC!F224578C713E
Cybereason malicious.c713ee
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
VIPRE Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXKU-KC!F224578C713E
SentinelOne Static AI – Suspicious PE
GData Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
Jiangmin AdWare.HofoSoft.o
MAX malware (ai score=82)
Arcabit Trojan.Johnnie.D38E0C
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
VBA32 BScope.Adware.HofoSoft
ALYac Gen:Variant.Johnnie.232972
Rising Trojan.Generic@AI.100 (RDML:eJ0FIq+Re2nZ9QL53A16Bg)

How to remove Johnnie.232972?

  • 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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