Categories: Malware

What is “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
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Uses Windows utilities to create a scheduled task
  • Behavioural detection: Transacted Hollowing
  • Attempts to masquerade or mimic a legitimate process or file name
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Mal/Sohana-A?


File Info:

name: EA0E296771CED969A5B4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/ee4a15f0a101a0db2054a0e3f7609840c127cf8b27d83a42fe35914abf8ad53bcrc32: 94D136B2md5: ea0e296771ced969a5b41e942ba7665bsha1: 27b7eeb8cf794a044ee7efd4fab51af18ff31399sha256: ee4a15f0a101a0db2054a0e3f7609840c127cf8b27d83a42fe35914abf8ad53bsha512: d549150ea17334838aa45215f6b8c9c0e549b3eaa460e7b86095fc82a3ea1f72acf0a3a6888d6406859ac47d0d03de081814862c02879dd074dac8c65caf121fssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm0D3c2m:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNmCs2mtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T17FF4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733sha3_384: e2bf45f67c46e2493029c0573e4ed41adecce660aefb2028b3c704a0a7c91da0a0cc4ad96e833b86193cc09847e0b002ep_bytes: e816900000e989feffffcccccccccc55timestamp: 2012-01-29 21:32:28

Version Info:

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

Mal/Sohana-A also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetectNet.01
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
ClamAV Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.AutoIt.Pistolar.A
McAfee Comame.b
Malwarebytes Generic.Trojan.Malicious.DDS
VIPRE Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
Cybereason malicious.771ced
Baidu Win32.Trojan.AutoIt.a
Cyren W32/AutoIt.AQ2.gen!Eldorado
Symantec Bloodhound.Malautoit
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 multiple detections
APEX Malicious
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Autoit.aza
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Autoit.fkkztg
Avast AutoIt:Agent-DP [Trj]
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.46532138 (B)
F-Secure Trojan.TR/AutoIt.axovq
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader9.25733
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Comame.bh
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye Generic.mg.ea0e296771ced969
Sophos Mal/Sohana-A
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
GData Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avira TR/AutoIt.axovq
MAX malware (ai score=84)
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.AutoIt
Xcitium TrojWare.Win32.Agent.AZAB@59q48x
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D2C6062A
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Google Detected
AhnLab-V3 HEUR/Fakon.mwf.X1381
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
VBA32 Trojan.Autoit.Wirus
Cylance unsafe
Rising Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Autoit
MaxSecure Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet W32/Sohana.A!tr
AVG AutoIt:Agent-DP [Trj]
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Mal/Sohana-A?

  • 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.
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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