Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A malicious file

The Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A 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/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A virus can do?

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous .NET characteristics
CAPE detected the Mercurial malware family

How to determine Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A?


File Info:
name: 8FA56123A41B9486304A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/9889cc1332e701c9d6d5c42cb98778759ac0d63eeec3efc0edff3c9fc713188e
crc32: B914E1A6
md5: 8fa56123a41b9486304a6024680055a3
sha1: a5677971d651d62be19130e24d21af7520411f8f
sha256: 9889cc1332e701c9d6d5c42cb98778759ac0d63eeec3efc0edff3c9fc713188e
sha512: 81d0b9ea45096f8d0c7c8e79ed086595bd0aa81a5b35355d9411e56ed850155f9ea804ee47bdab499a85e418a22f0570fffef57cae25bd5136b84d55a0bd6a22
ssdeep: 768:MscabfwOAPfT6aLtzdpDXswQuZkeRWTjDKZKfgm3Ehzl:DcIkfnb0eRWTfF7EJl
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T197131808B7ED4709F3FF4ABA6CB2412486B7B466AC32EB0E59845C5D0877B808950F77
sha3_384: 62707301fe25bd91a936b1d818a1d2a726708e4100c52bb42eb2a6b1252aa81c29f258e49ec27d1af1930f550b03fc0c
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2021-08-20 22:07:07

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
FileDescription:  
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: output.exe
LegalCopyright:  
OriginalFilename: output.exe
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0

Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.MSIL.Agent.i!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.MsilFC.S22016763
McAfee	PWS-FDEB!8FA56123A41B
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.CoinMiner.Win32.29369
Sangfor	Infostealer.MSIL.Agent.gen
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 700000121 )
Alibaba	TrojanPSW:MSIL/Mercurial.cf11ee30
K7GW	Trojan ( 700000121 )
Cybereason	malicious.1d651d
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Agent.BJO.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/PSW.Agent.SHS
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Bulz-9868353-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Agent.gen
BitDefender	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Generic.izrwia
MicroWorld-eScan	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183
Avast	Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Agent.wc
Ad-Aware	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183
Emsisoft	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183 (B)
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.DiscordNET.50
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0DHL21
McAfee-GW-Edition	PWS-FDEB!8FA56123A41B
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.LunaStealer
GData	MSIL.Trojan.PSE.14BW17L
Avira	TR/PSW.Agent.svrjt
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.346BC39
Microsoft	PWS:MSIL/Mercurial!atmn
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C4507255
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34294.cm0@ayiCg2d
ALYac	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.5183
MAX	malware (ai score=83)
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Malwarebytes	Spyware.DiscordStealer
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0DHL21
Rising	Stealer.Mercurial!1.D7B6 (CLASSIC)
Yandex	Trojan.PWS.Agent!ecjvQXdnr/c
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.SHS!tr.pws
AVG	Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
Panda	Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A?

Mal/Generic-S + Mal/Mercu-A 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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