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: 11C8C1F31FB8AAB55E57.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/ad63a4b417561f14d7141bf7986baf55b958074a866c9d47c30c02b64d828b82
crc32: 5BDCA969
md5: 11c8c1f31fb8aab55e57a669ee3f76be
sha1: 10eeec50a325b7d7f80e453d8668bc3fa98ea434
sha256: ad63a4b417561f14d7141bf7986baf55b958074a866c9d47c30c02b64d828b82
sha512: 3f2521a8f50ceb5d32533d8f68138252b4e82d1e7fa8f424e1ef0b3bcc8c690c756504bbc72bd0f774fbb9a598a6379244dfc6e0d4eb8e86993cd194d3f7ff57
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c27:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s27
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T12FE4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 4305552b5bdc2d8453f87596ad55a14d982833c540afdb4ea3d918fa1b9059c3fde107f56b99dcce9c7be6a0601dd11c
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.11c8c1f31fb8aab5
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
McAfee	Packed-GAI!11C8C1F31FB8
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
Cybereason	malicious.31fb8a
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)
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:Script/Phonzy.A!ml
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	HEUR/Fakon.mwf.X1381
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D7D05DD419
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
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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