Mal/Mercu-A removal tips

The 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/Mercu-A virus can do?

Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous .NET characteristics
CAPE detected the Mercurial malware family

How to determine Mal/Mercu-A?


File Info:
name: 5FD75606B327CD514F7A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/d458d80c67a0aa50c6af2b530622f7ece462ea72a13260085b0d3a946a1b4494
crc32: 9A850C1B
md5: 5fd75606b327cd514f7a839c14b27fda
sha1: 4c7945171fa99b095296a3c76f143c801d2de79a
sha256: d458d80c67a0aa50c6af2b530622f7ece462ea72a13260085b0d3a946a1b4494
sha512: 3ef61d42096fc0273af3853feb91cc089c44393d62566fbe29031e60b6f48fca1f55cf827f06eb96c90922ffec749c260c73c9b1d34d797bb5c64ef9b88f359c
ssdeep: 768:7xLzwXFTBZ6aQpDts+uZ2Ls/TjxKZKfgm3EhNC:7xLzK1QPs2Ls/TVF7E3C
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T11713184877EC5609F3FE4BBA6CB255244AB6B4A7AC32DB4E1D94589C0873B808D50F73
sha3_384: 091b1959b532a5b5aa11a039a87f19b59ba155d904759772393992ca25c2452c85733c2008ae37dab77a04142cc416b2
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2023-07-31 08:20:11

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/Mercu-A also known as:

Bkav	W32.Common.73883FCC
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Stealer.12!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.28184
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Bulz-9868353-0
FireEye	Generic.mg.5fd75606b327cd51
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.MsilFC.S22016763
McAfee	PWS-FDKR!5FD75606B327
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Zillya	Trojan.Agent.Win32.2370043
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00596b901 )
Alibaba	TrojanPSW:MSIL/LibeRAT.18aba505
K7GW	Trojan ( 00596b901 )
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Agent.CPX.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Infostealer
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/PSW.Discord.FC
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Stealer.gen
BitDefender	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.28184
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Cerbu
Avast	Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Agent.wc
Emsisoft	Trojan-PSW.Agent (A)
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1305503
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.DiscordNET.50
VIPRE	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.28184
TrendMicro	TrojanSpy.MSIL.MERCUGRAB.SMSNQ
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.pm
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Mal/Mercu-A
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	MSIL.Trojan-Stealer.AnarchyGrabber.C
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1305503
Arcabit	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.D6E18
ViRobot	Trojan.Win.Z.Psw.43008.FZ
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Stealer.gen
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/LibeRAT.A!MTB
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C4511865
Acronis	suspicious
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.36348.cm0@aG9c0Gd
ALYac	IL:Trojan.MSILZilla.28184
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Rising	Stealer.Mercurial!1.D7B6 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.PSW
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/PSW.4C4A!tr
AVG	Win32:MalwareX-gen [Trj]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Mal/Mercu-A?

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.

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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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