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: 716ED9D63C7A338987D6.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/55e26a1468590aa439c3fda7f609c3baa09a84369c2a90502255e92a8b0bd386
crc32: 92BB2777
md5: 716ed9d63c7a338987d6683ca8d463e8
sha1: e7ad526af8dc6f054381d2af7d4803b96d53fa9c
sha256: 55e26a1468590aa439c3fda7f609c3baa09a84369c2a90502255e92a8b0bd386
sha512: 631aac7c079ec3b73ca76781041b6eb761d1b7b3f7007f3eb1aebf4400f6fa28069fb9db8ad22b9470675fcf750b0cd1b305f39be8fa2ebc87357da6e347fb80
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c2B:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s2B
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1F1E4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 2b7b37d55febac93f9df39c3815824fb941e098ab7b36e9ba3e56da7d420286c37e4a8d92e9335d0d03bf6fe38217f9b
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:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
FireEye	Generic.mg.716ed9d63c7a3389
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
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
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
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
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:Script/Phonzy.A!ml
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	HEUR/Fakon.mwf.X1381
McAfee	Packed-GAI!716ED9D63C7A
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
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
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.63c7a3

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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