Should I remove “Malware.Heuristic.2046”?

The Malware.Heuristic.2046 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.2046 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• CAPE detected the shellcode get eip malware family
• Attempts to identify installed analysis tools by registry key
• Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• Enumerates physical drives
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Malware.Heuristic.2046?

File Info:
name: 12F71D800B66DB1CA3F9.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/682041e7fb00609cb01af5548e979699898f85b89d30cb502e77b294b76d6c76crc32: C001DA5Bmd5: 12f71d800b66db1ca3f901708a9aeee0sha1: a74abedb818f2dd5ef5e5d73eb077e38088639bfsha256: 682041e7fb00609cb01af5548e979699898f85b89d30cb502e77b294b76d6c76sha512: 21008ab20a3dd73e1d918eeab5dd26561a9cdc6d93b72604b8ea303a3c523f4feea193e35f3fafe14813529831f56997b352b113ede6fc9a069d909009f9b087ssdeep: 12288:JQkiacibnAM778nZlITVOJhgTuf5Iegx6v1Kq/xVU/K1r+C/F8+qkFBleVwHsHn:M9ibnAMEZlEVuXgxK1DpVF+iLEVgMtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1E5151203A660CF71C12C0A79D8AF57F14278AF41EE821F1F118CFC1979F615A2B5BA99sha3_384: bf6f5f072370adde582254591e25ee9b64581427477f1324b5cebf25411a1f25ce935594ba7dc33173038d98df1bcf0cep_bytes: 55545de84d00000050e813ffffffe80etimestamp: 2014-03-17 06:20:00
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Malware.Heuristic.2046 also known as:

How to remove Malware.Heuristic.2046?

• 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.