About “Mal/Sohana-A” infection

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: A2D2A4A559D418344A0A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/cdbe29660e780162d1726cb241f610f7958195272dc8893c765544896cec2d6d
crc32: 09E908C3
md5: a2d2a4a559d418344a0a872d2ee151b9
sha1: b5a9c719bfcdfd5c393bfd3d603c3f633d9df76e
sha256: cdbe29660e780162d1726cb241f610f7958195272dc8893c765544896cec2d6d
sha512: fe1f0f532947af37f2d133c8c9bf2109f495c7bf7357a8dfeb2edb98cb1b47b4a7b574ff65ed1fc15a7f45f08281f699d32acf67b06d9b2ee0a2cf541ad49293
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c2u:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s2u
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1B4E4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 2e522945bf89162add4af1cdb65e2df4dcbd2ea06c7b0dac1ecc365584211c79aa8296e0e9ba665778a93bc3d76ba164
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
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Malwarebytes	Generic.Trojan.Malicious.DDS
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
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Sophos	Mal/Sohana-A
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ransomware.jh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.a2d2a4a559d41834
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avira	TR/AutoIt.axovq
MAX	malware (ai score=80)
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.AutoIt
Xcitium	TrojWare.Win32.Agent.AZAB@59q48x
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2C6062A
Microsoft	Trojan:Script/Phonzy.A!ml
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	HEUR/Fakon.mwf.X1381
McAfee	Packed-GAI!A2D2A4A559D4
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
Cylance	unsafe
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit
MaxSecure	Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet	W32/Autoit.NLQ!tr
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D7D05DD419
Cybereason	malicious.559d41

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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