Mal/FakeAV-JC removal tips

The Mal/FakeAV-JC 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/FakeAV-JC virus can do?

The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Mal/FakeAV-JC?


File Info:
name: 04C335BA57530739939C.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a1810638436856d50de40ed6db46b07d4ad27fa1caf00a2d9269284c38356190
crc32: CE326ECB
md5: 04c335ba57530739939cb091ca5d03cf
sha1: 3cea5134347cb5854a9e9238ac0480145c2d418e
sha256: a1810638436856d50de40ed6db46b07d4ad27fa1caf00a2d9269284c38356190
sha512: 360206dc9c7a2386f8e3f99e27a21a6ffc1086f08c4cb85c5a44b43d7ed962a2937e32e1ca20e7b7f0c86b8bbea8f4969e65fb4faede7238f4de880915c445b8
ssdeep: 49152:wW8kMFMwpM4wjkaFnIeBtMz5Te4qPekUEytjMVOVuXPQRj3dQW8:5mmuezMwdYtj8XPQoW8
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1AF067DC3E171691CE94EE6591B47EC1C0E464E02E62FE706B673E31EA903624B7524EF
sha3_384: ae6cb1434294847e3720713cb90034793d12b08657824c9a4a318d42b7cce7d3c0256f1f50b92ef404cedd3a7212dd4e
ep_bytes: 0f1a5f25100259f6e2fe2c150c185d16
timestamp: 2014-02-27 06:41:59

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Mal/FakeAV-JC also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709
McAfee	GenericRXRO-ZX!04C335BA5753
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
Cyren	W32/Graftor.RV.gen!Eldorado
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Packed.Armadillo.AT
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Rising	Malware.Heuristic!ET#96% (RDMK:cmRtazrxnjwWRkeHirND6bKL/E9F)
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709
Sophos	Mal/FakeAV-JC
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.wc
FireEye	Generic.mg.04c335ba57530739
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709
Avira	TR/Patched.Ren.Gen
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D13B45
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.FL.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
VBA32	Trojan.Mira
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKDZ.80709
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.3987974489
Ikarus	Trojan-Ransom.FileCrypter
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet	W32/Graftor.FL!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Mal/FakeAV-JC?

Mal/FakeAV-JC 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.

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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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