Should I remove “Johnnie.5790”?

The Johnnie.5790 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.5790 virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Creates RWX memory
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• A process created a hidden window
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Deletes its original binary from disk
• Attempts to delete volume shadow copies
• Attempts to stop active services
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Modifies boot configuration settings
• Behavior consistent with a dropper attempting to download the next stage.
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Creates a hidden or system file
• Creates a copy of itself
• Attempts to disable System Restore
• Attempts to disable Windows Defender
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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How to determine Johnnie.5790?

File Info:
crc32: 658C739E
md5: 1ef4264c5b802b4e83c82c87ffbc323d
name: 1EF4264C5B802B4E83C82C87FFBC323D.mlw
sha1: 8e424b9974f6b1a0571055b98840954f9ca1dbe3
sha256: 00f6742f6c71867282f5fd066dc0802867844041fd36bddd2b99e79dc6a6e65e
sha512: 5216458d90c3040bfbd76d60114887e8bc06471eb288dde88740b63911bd98c275e583f81f82b3e252deeb40d0df06fc2dc7625b15e22254d7d54664ad4ebf77
ssdeep: 6144:bC08LboifYpFegr7eqssDuZXnMiHdqYDyJXY1MZjSOdB/:G08LbowYpFzr7Sc/5GOd
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0
InternalName: pri
FileVersion: 1.00
CompanyName: Workstation
ProductName: Project1
ProductVersion: 1.00
OriginalFilename: pri.dll

Johnnie.5790 also known as:

How to remove Johnnie.5790?

• 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.