Categories: Malware

How to remove “Johnnie.3442”?

The Johnnie.3442 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.3442 virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Johnnie.3442?


File Info:

name: 324B20C5120228EFCBDC.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/1077ee2908d276c9a046655610e2e5fdd62c49414dbd1effc511d3ffa8ebd751crc32: 27DF06C4md5: 324b20c5120228efcbdcb3768bd7f226sha1: a6c5df2c78a79cd8bb55f562f9730c816b76d5cesha256: 1077ee2908d276c9a046655610e2e5fdd62c49414dbd1effc511d3ffa8ebd751sha512: 025aed9fe9333386884293530dee3cafb3dc1360efe8b9b5115a31aadef26f94bdd120d0b0a326b1aed47a002fb6eb797ce32be657148d1d516354237407987fssdeep: 3072:gtH4Tv++xEFahwATnqq2PhRGRGhEk/DqDB6w7P9:gfEWM2RthXDCT9type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T13F342AB958ECBD26CA256637428EC8944175BE3D3F926F9F398E3B2F13B51400191E39sha3_384: 803c7b0a04935908f87ea176906b29f063098bddf949f77fea415505db6e90960f14c31e80ef5e603347d3dd3bfc2a54ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2014-03-23 17:12:17

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Johnnie.3442 also known as:

Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye Generic.mg.324b20c5120228ef
McAfee GenericRXBP-EI!324B20C51202
Cylance Unsafe
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
K7GW Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000121 )
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/TrojanDropper.Binder.GW
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.VkBase.escarv
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442
DrWeb Trojan.VkBase.120
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442 (B)
GData Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.ffac
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen
MAX malware (ai score=81)
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.A8395E
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.FL.B!ml
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.MDA.C552631
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34294.omW@ayAx38e
ALYac Gen:Variant.Johnnie.3442
VBA32 TrojanSpy.MSIL.KeyLogger
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet MSIL/Generic.AP.82B630!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen

How to remove Johnnie.3442?

  • 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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