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.

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

Related domains:

How to determine Johnnie.5790?

File Info:
crc32: 658C739Emd5: 1ef4264c5b802b4e83c82c87ffbc323dname: 1EF4264C5B802B4E83C82C87FFBC323D.mlwsha1: 8e424b9974f6b1a0571055b98840954f9ca1dbe3sha256: 00f6742f6c71867282f5fd066dc0802867844041fd36bddd2b99e79dc6a6e65esha512: 5216458d90c3040bfbd76d60114887e8bc06471eb288dde88740b63911bd98c275e583f81f82b3e252deeb40d0df06fc2dc7625b15e22254d7d54664ad4ebf77ssdeep: 6144:bC08LboifYpFegr7eqssDuZXnMiHdqYDyJXY1MZjSOdB/:G08LbowYpFzr7Sc/5GOdtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0InternalName: priFileVersion: 1.00CompanyName: WorkstationProductName: Project1ProductVersion: 1.00OriginalFilename: 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.