What is “Malware.Heuristic.2040”?

The Malware.Heuristic.2040 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.

What Malware.Heuristic.2040 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Unconventionial binary language: Portuguese (Brazil)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Portuguese (Brazilian)
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Uses Windows utilities to create a scheduled task
• CAPE detected the shellcode get eip malware family
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Disables Windows firewall
• Harvests information related to installed mail clients
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Malware.Heuristic.2040?

File Info:
name: 81942BBD642B3BC09EAA.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/0d8d07ff56cd7d539c45a8c929e27039ba3f5283f47c87a92e514626ca7abe95crc32: F7F5082Cmd5: 81942bbd642b3bc09eaa963a6954b6d7sha1: 253902759c6e54d94ea3d8b24f6aab63b98e2ac9sha256: 0d8d07ff56cd7d539c45a8c929e27039ba3f5283f47c87a92e514626ca7abe95sha512: d0cd94ea694ef1962ec8c8c169d0948345084dbe6c121b57f9d9fae8cc75175c27759907bb39509cd4376628e9a3aff6d522161108b3ecc2203a8c3798fb28cfssdeep: 12288:fvw+Xa2trsdffPUTjiyHZGPwooyBFzlbEe9d:fzb5EfPGiyHZIwofBFz2e9type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T145F4238ACB768557DCEF8DB09C7BD66A3608CCBD48EC158FCD31990ACD4286AD834487sha3_384: dd9597771ea2bd9ea922400b67a8c5a9722a8ecce23ab918b03f3ca3a9b26f89af080588fe68b4ac61523ef53624e509ep_bytes: b804e52c135064ff3500000000648925timestamp: 1992-06-19 22:22:17
Version Info:
CompanyName: Microsoft CorporationFileDescription: svchost.exeFileVersion: 1.0.0.131InternalName: svchost.exeLegalCopyright: MicrosoftLegalTrademarks: OriginalFilename: svchost.exeProductName: ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0Comments: 29102007-0045Translation: 0x0416 0x04e4

Malware.Heuristic.2040 also known as:

How to remove Malware.Heuristic.2040?

• 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.