Mal/Sohana-A removal tips

The Mal/Sohana-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/Sohana-A virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Reads data out of its own binary image
Authenticode signature is invalid
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Mal/Sohana-A?


File Info:
name: 5D48F5F0F7F2D2E496E9.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3f3013747c2c06b576945f8df7b66ff0ad3cb287a962ab6ba78e1fde463597ab
crc32: 9DF5839B
md5: 5d48f5f0f7f2d2e496e90fc62cee950d
sha1: 28fce5845390c5924dce26ef2f4df35515532fdc
sha256: 3f3013747c2c06b576945f8df7b66ff0ad3cb287a962ab6ba78e1fde463597ab
sha512: 40f608478ba0658ca2a4620fc1ee61dee201cddc46d2c388724fb483b63cbe2a3b345cbab66fa1e77425f077890932b835bfd32adc86b642072bad01ae8ea087
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c24:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s24
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1E6E4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 6918b3f7399140b46acec73b5dcb637f5462b1ec0c11db654dd8c353bd3eb6cf3ff8026af3592ec911ec81f7318d811b
ep_bytes: e816900000e989feffffcccccccccc55
timestamp: 2012-01-29 21:32:28

Version Info:
FileDescription: 
FileVersion: 3, 3, 8, 1
CompiledScript: AutoIt v3 Script: 3, 3, 8, 1
Translation: 0x0809 0x04b0

Mal/Sohana-A also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectNet.01
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
FireEye	Generic.mg.5d48f5f0f7f2d2e4
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
McAfee	Packed-GAI!5D48F5F0F7F2
Cylance	unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
Cybereason	malicious.0f7f2d
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.AutoIt.a
Cyren	W32/AutoIt.AQ2.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Bloodhound.Malautoit
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Packed.Autoit.NBT suspicious
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Sophos	Mal/Sohana-A
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ransomware.jh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avira	TR/AutoIt.axovq
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.AutoIt
Xcitium	TrojWare.Win32.Agent.AZAB@59q48x
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2C6062A
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	HEUR/Fakon.mwf.X1381
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D7D05DD419
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit
MaxSecure	Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet	W32/Autoit.NLQ!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)

How to remove Mal/Sohana-A?

Mal/Sohana-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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