What is “Mint.Zard.5”?

The Mint.Zard.5 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 Mint.Zard.5 virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Mint.Zard.5?


File Info:
name: FF269A0542DEC04D24F0.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/dea2f1e51ec8eacc812b6ac3cf1a05a597765e7eddad4a8c02126fceb42144aa
crc32: 23B80965
md5: ff269a0542dec04d24f0d3d4723dce29
sha1: 9d9a881020b41f9eae1a2c2756449cf20940d3fb
sha256: dea2f1e51ec8eacc812b6ac3cf1a05a597765e7eddad4a8c02126fceb42144aa
sha512: d6cc4c0e9a33676793400a384e892b10e0a81708f13b6640c8299f6a05b3bc1fd4aa024c8c18daeadac65a14ae7dc7f85b76f709625b9d1b3b7987c843b69f58
ssdeep: 12288:4dd+TEKeFs0VwmYc0wqDsfesGx2K8acaHrwdIxVGya:4dd+Txt0VZZqYfesGx2K8ZEwdIxVGy
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1CAB4AF1017F7E962C3B33032D6AAE7B5296E5F1A4DE4A62645043F3E2A34681DD1CE1F
sha3_384: 259d6e701948835063c89983c2079aa1e2f1dc05a9eb8742fb5d3c971998f525a64ddb21e86add37aa85af09972a4c55
ep_bytes: 8bff558bec837d0c010f84ce770000ff
timestamp: 2017-12-22 03:30:53

Version Info:
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Visual Studio Tools for Office Loader
FileVersion: 10.0.60828.0 built by: VSTO_Rel
InternalName: VSTOLoader.dll
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: VSTOLoader.dll
ProductName: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010
ProductVersion: 10.0.60828.0
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Mint.Zard.5 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.hc
McAfee	Artemis!FF269A0542DE
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Backdoor.Convagent.Win32.6584
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Patched.V7ru
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Patched.NKM
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Senoval.a
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen-Crypt.ccnc
Avast	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Pathced_ya.16001052
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Patched.Gen
DrWeb	Win32.Beetle.2
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Varist	W32/Patched.GQ1.gen!Eldorado
Avira	TR/Patched.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.Sinowal
Kingsoft	Win32.Infected.AutoInfector.a
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Mint.Zard.5
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.Senoval.a
GData	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.R603981
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
VBA32	BScope.TrojanDownloader.Emotet
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.100 (RDML:+RrYaRSKWuiKxa/ByyfHlQ)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Patched
Fortinet	W32/Patched.IP!tr
AVG	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Mint.Zard.5?

Mint.Zard.5 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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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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