Should I remove “Mal/FakeAv-NL”?

The Mal/FakeAv-NL 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-NL virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• CAPE detected the Simda malware family
• Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Mal/FakeAv-NL?

File Info:
name: 92E2EBC22E4BE57C79FE.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/30a2d4bc5493639910b63356d8c36c715284b802b93e65507178a03549a2b6bd
crc32: 2A71D906
md5: 92e2ebc22e4be57c79feb905eba0571b
sha1: 63e7516023f828132045110f257df7601ff3a453
sha256: 30a2d4bc5493639910b63356d8c36c715284b802b93e65507178a03549a2b6bd
sha512: 14b05c60a217ec97bafc3a06056a8f6f6fb6665c4cef316d91a73d3ee9bae480ecc25412a40b531e8f439d7f668907193aaad4e5f9b07cb017434a1ce6ad17d6
ssdeep: 6144:Wu++Jbojf5Vq5OC4qZhZcKYhc/ZfUozY:S+cff22qZhZcKYhc/
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T13524F1F262046D52CF114DFF0CEC93339596BA246390F143BA15CF97291BA5236DE93A
sha3_384: e30f561a8075b9964752dfc3839af4b910679f40115d4e04bffba300a81efc7eb432eabf1f631f07ecb91608da971204
ep_bytes: c7051487410000000000a114874100bb
timestamp: 2000-11-08 02:44:50

Version Info:
FileVersion: 7.6.0.7
ProductVersion: 5.2.3.7
FileDescription: ladyism
CompanyName: Panda Security, S.L.
LegalCopyright: arthrorrhagia
ProductName: spug
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Mal/FakeAv-NL also known as:

How to remove Mal/FakeAv-NL?

• 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.