Should I remove “Mikey.109279”?

The Mikey.109279 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 Mikey.109279 virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Creates RWX memory
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• Drops a binary and executes it
• HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• Performs some HTTP requests
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Attempts to remove evidence of file being downloaded from the Internet
• 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

How to determine Mikey.109279?

File Info:
crc32: A4B784BB
md5: 33680ad1daedce9b575adf072a6314bd
name: v5k674211.exe
sha1: 33ce0b03b27d8016217c2e5ba4293ba5e1607ce6
sha256: 4d3a6b766abc36d72cb085f464ddf60e1d563982ec22eec8c39c8bdaec6fbf25
sha512: 17da582b859531bc7e043a42cc9625b06c66668fc3f7712ebf8ba22d40cc24d14e9e7a7baaf9f1f1e8bf7876d12640e23e0333a488287801ca264eaa4b4d72ea
ssdeep: 12288:L7seycbncWlgxDb3qhmic7zziD5ap/LeDeqwyC:cey8lgR31iFapSqqo
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 1998
InternalName: GridCtrlDemo
FileVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1
CompanyName: 
LegalTrademarks: 
ProductName: GridCtrlDemo Application
ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1
FileDescription: GridCtrlDemo MFC Application
OriginalFilename: GridCtrlDemo.EXE
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Mikey.109279 also known as:

How to remove Mikey.109279?

• 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.