How to remove “Mal/Sohana-A”?

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: E76EA15067CDE94DC483.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3adeb70675da3ef31532f87647cc93f5937a9a178b1f6ba40f24696446d3b19e
crc32: 40774BCF
md5: e76ea15067cde94dc4838ed45c0efa85
sha1: a879ad25fbe1886d013d78c008c0362a3c4c5958
sha256: 3adeb70675da3ef31532f87647cc93f5937a9a178b1f6ba40f24696446d3b19e
sha512: 2ccd2e5bb56b286818ae7fc52068c9878bad61d7dfcb4eddecca06e0b7d044cfa9ad2bd203d1af3c58ebd24d5083ee5d8a13865ad3b06b8c3102466786f42897
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c2v:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s2v
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1A1E4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 03e0a7a08d48cc5f1a3beced928c2eb302627cd5c0febf6e154e8a79a429c655b2ef1083ecbf4a32bc3f06b4b6967999
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
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.e76ea15067cde94d
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
McAfee	Packed-GAI!E76EA15067CD
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.AutoIt.a
Cyren	W32/AutoIt.AQ2.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Bloodhound.Malautoit
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Packed.Autoit.NBT suspicious
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Sophos	Mal/Sohana-A
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ransomware.jh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit
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
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
Malwarebytes	Generic.Trojan.Malicious.DDS
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet	W32/Autoit.NLQ!tr
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D7D05DD419
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.067cde

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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