Mal/Sohana-A removal instruction

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: 0E79A825708089297E17.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a8e09ceeb231366af1411ce5f5d7b8e5e84b1509434b46d0c34dfc84f955babc
crc32: DD123917
md5: 0e79a825708089297e17feb53d1667f6
sha1: 3790ac51c248f638bccfd9d7a7703745623aaaf1
sha256: a8e09ceeb231366af1411ce5f5d7b8e5e84b1509434b46d0c34dfc84f955babc
sha512: a9ae3d86f9a915509ab6ee3611ed60764d1faecb182a685708a5e78054f3c2cab2038c2ad4123f05b5710278004452cbb1d29ad3c555ae9d34d61823f5424a65
ssdeep: 12288:mhkDgouVA2nxKkorvdRgQriDwOIxmxiZnYQE7PJcbNm/3c2s:WRmJkcoQricOIQxiZY1WNm/s2s
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T12EE4AF21F5C68036C2B327B19E7EF76A9A3D79360336D19727C82D315EA05816B29733
sha3_384: 3718ad15294e4fd2bab0f287a0a88a3ab21c0ef9303df081b466fe2c3c258934f9f3b4904a1b65b524b7e62f781468b5
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
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Autoit-6991628-0
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Skeeyah.S11718
McAfee	Packed-GAI!0E79A8257080
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055e3fd1 )
Cybereason	malicious.570808
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]
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138 (B)
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ransomware.jh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.0e79a82570808929
Sophos	Mal/Sohana-A
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.46532138
Avira	TR/AutoIt.axovq
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
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
VBA32	Trojan.Skeeyah
Malwarebytes	Generic.Trojan.Malicious.DDS
Rising	Malware.FakeFolder/ICON!1.6AA9 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit
MaxSecure	Trojan.Autoit.AZA
Fortinet	W32/Autoit.NLQ!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]

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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