Categories: Malware

About “Midie.72972” infection

The Midie.72972 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 Midie.72972 virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Midie.72972?


File Info:

crc32: F2AF0158md5: ed4d5006ade0bdc5e90225e84fe626d4name: mm.exesha1: 7b62974a4212320bac5a17800c4de88fbaabdab5sha256: 64454bd08efeb0224a59f83d232c0159ba7c89d36e9d63551c7d12f9a274c6e4sha512: 6383ce59636060325d5196c919b79e42cc61006393d913854a2ad271091e6789f08265fb6509cbccf9db714823691786b30c1c43048273b0a54018e6d12d87c6ssdeep: 3072:ogM09PAh7bUsVcGDA61vhv361vhvEX8eI:ogZ9PAh7wn0Aq3qHtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.InternalName: SqlSetupBootstrapperFileVersion: 2009.0100.1600.01 ((KJ_RTM).100402-1540 )CompanyName: Microsoft CorporationGoldenBits: TrueLegalTrademarks: Microsoft SQL Server is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.Comments: SQLProductName: Microsoft SQL ServerPlatform: NT INTEL X86ProductVersion: 10.50.1600.1FileDescription: Native SQL Install BootstrapperOriginalFilename: SqlSetupBootstrapper.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Midie.72972 also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Midie.72972
FireEye Generic.mg.ed4d5006ade0bdc5
McAfee GenericRXKU-MV!ED4D5006ADE0
ALYac Gen:Variant.Midie.72972
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Sangfor Malware
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005679eb1 )
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Midie.72972
K7GW Trojan ( 005679eb1 )
Cybereason malicious.6ade0b
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0DG520
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34132.gq0@aSUOy6ij
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Redosdru.BM
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0DG520
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
GData Gen:Variant.Midie.72972
Kaspersky Backdoor.Win32.Lotok.cjn
Alibaba Backdoor:Win32/Lotok.9c84bb93
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.GenKryptik.hlfypt
Rising Backdoor.Zegost!8.177 (TFE:dGZlOgXsm/wednIV/g)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
Sophos Troj/AutoG-IA
F-Secure Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1134990
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader33.47696
Zillya Trojan.GenKryptik.Win32.49052
Invincea heuristic
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Midie.72972 (B)
APEX Malicious
Cyren W32/Trojan.YJVK-7735
Jiangmin Backdoor.Lotok.hx
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1134990
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.Lotok
Arcabit Trojan.Midie.D11D0C
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Kryptik.R339983
ZoneAlarm Backdoor.Win32.Lotok.cjn
Microsoft Backdoor:Win32/Zegost.BW
Cynet Malicious (score: 85)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Dynamer
MAX malware (ai score=82)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Midie.72972
Malwarebytes Backdoor.Zegost
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Redosdru
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10cdd188
SentinelOne DFI – Suspicious PE
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet W32/GenKryptik.EHYK!tr
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Qihoo-360 Win32/Backdoor.f58

How to remove Midie.72972?

  • 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.
Paul Valéry

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

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