Malware.Heuristic.2040 removal instruction

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.

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What Malware.Heuristic.2040 virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Malware.Heuristic.2040?


File Info:
name: F22EFB907973B4443142.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/288363a096e219f4ca90d9a6a830911bd8d310c75976d9627d5c14a543b5ccb1
crc32: 5A5162EF
md5: f22efb907973b4443142f23b5b72919e
sha1: 6cb3e0b54a26384ad0bc9f19b815dfd4b6f1a0ce
sha256: 288363a096e219f4ca90d9a6a830911bd8d310c75976d9627d5c14a543b5ccb1
sha512: f8690f75781b87d8561686288e8a2c88242fe9b8f0a57fa2bcc97fb9e6cd256d90cddf37b6cb2b89c632574f406d01c71465b7d30dc843a5139f9a3c3426243c
ssdeep: 12288:sOLzq4FcZH0c6dsURpnZh+J+r32LsvdOV:sOLz/FcZHF6/hQ+rvkV
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1F5946CCF6149C5C4CEAC61331A79BB07E1FB0E91CE55FA4469DBB83E08BCA8364584D9
sha3_384: 76d758cd09f88b6ce71672d82d26c59c7c21eaea9c4e0f91838298940b7b8f47163d7966e57b127753f64fe3cb83c918
ep_bytes: 515253b918000000648b1103c901d18b
timestamp: 2007-11-05 02:06:36

Version Info:
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Host Process for Windows Services
FileVersion: 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
InternalName: svchost.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: svchost.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 6.0.6001.18000
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Malware.Heuristic.2040 also known as:

Bkav	W32.Common.B94B9516
Lionic	Virus.Win32.Expiro.n!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.f22efb907973b444
Alibaba	Virus:Win32/Expiro.9e3714e0
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Expiro.CP
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Expiro.ns
BitDefender	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen.ccmw
MicroWorld-eScan	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
Tencent	Win32.Virus.Expiro.Ktgl
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Patched.Gen
VIPRE	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Mal/EncPk-MK
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.Expiro
Jiangmin	Trojan.Scar.tww
Google	Detected
Avira	TR/Patched.Gen
Kingsoft	Win32.Infected.AutoInfector.a
Arcabit	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.Expiro.ns
GData	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
Varist	W32/Expiro.AW.gen!Eldorado
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Wacatac
ALYac	Win32.Expiro.Gen.6
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
Malwarebytes	Malware.Heuristic.2040
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.121218.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Expiro.CP
Cybereason	malicious.54a263
Panda	Trj/CI.A

How to remove Malware.Heuristic.2040?

Malware.Heuristic.2040 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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