Mal/Sohana-A malicious file

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: FEF8C6F590C1C1938E4F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/5dba2b89869140413c7466b09b11f92617ea56fcfcade5b4b2961b1070b3f605
crc32: E17DE8BD
md5: fef8c6f590c1c1938e4fe958493aef01
sha1: 414d52c147bb1081c0a26ce2f8702fd7c88e9ee3
sha256: 5dba2b89869140413c7466b09b11f92617ea56fcfcade5b4b2961b1070b3f605
sha512: 5d761da7f605f2b69ec7b90a97dd06942f5d74564d275799ee11568000b81e9eb1b9d8e743f73675fe5433c214a81c3287b61f36e0c75da7e1aa2b1d67292031
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c2e:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s2e
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1A6E4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: a0fe89c64afc0dda63411b1cd29d82c2be31f43419fe41fd7fe3e8af2db1415414ba02ba3d0c45121d63cde2bcb0f0fa
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)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.fef8c6f590c1c193
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
McAfee	Packed-GAI!FEF8C6F590C1
Cylance	unsafe
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
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
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
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
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D7D05DD419
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet	W32/Autoit.NLQ!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.590c1c

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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I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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