Mal/Cerber-U removal

The Mal/Cerber-U 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 Mal/Cerber-U virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz

How to determine Mal/Cerber-U?


File Info:
crc32: D74B7E6F
md5: dff2c0dd2de8257008e9d06683c1be45
name: DFF2C0DD2DE8257008E9D06683C1BE45.mlw
sha1: dfb550da574c5fc59939b582f9da4c5ffcb9234d
sha256: 43aff28bc672c3ab030b3b4ce6ee32de68c68a93678787b7874ecd505ffde99f
sha512: 40482623a4328999b2b9c091662cd8dd7ef23a09d03bff7de20b5f9f84b304b02599e9a720ea6366ef6a164c03da91939d95d2c59af1e1226a666535c6cddfae
ssdeep: 1536:+uxvx4/tHMEKcLJrC3lXPDZbuqFt/XHA+9hZ3q:lctH3U3lXbZbxXHAURq
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Mal/Cerber-U also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3ef1 )
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.SelfDel.4!c
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.4691
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.SelfDel.Win32.54422
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3ef1 )
Cybereason	malicious.d2de82
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Filecoder.Cerber.B
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Cerber.114c9b91
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Selfdel.Wxrm
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2
Sophos	Mal/Cerber-U
McAfee-GW-Edition	Ransomware-FNL!DFF2C0DD2DE8
FireEye	Generic.mg.dff2c0dd2de82570
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2 (B)
Jiangmin	Trojan.Selfdel.gef
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.1A96DA6
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Trojan.Kovter.2
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Cerber.R186588
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Ransomware-FNL!DFF2C0DD2DE8
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
VBA32	Trojan.SelfDel
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PIL21
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.87 (RDML:uF6pmney4MkvWxKwtNuvvA)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!eDU8v9IeUQo
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Fortinet	W32/Generic.AP.16E68!tr
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Mal/Cerber-U?

Mal/Cerber-U removal tool

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.

About the author

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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