About “Mint.Zard.5” infection

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: FEF21989341AAED327E0.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/dd597585755b98ef9b41b5a1f25dd532d0952d7129fd471d5e8c661d33f0a83a
crc32: F2F874E8
md5: fef21989341aaed327e067a156e027c9
sha1: 30611fa8c9da28028b81c15ce7de6017397e802d
sha256: dd597585755b98ef9b41b5a1f25dd532d0952d7129fd471d5e8c661d33f0a83a
sha512: b89c02046cbaeb9452eb3f30951e64b6f3a472ee2f9a15b3231c2b7474ad3da4a976750e4e4d6d97a2d349ba661f2f86d4bd31fd60183732763561bafcd1af0b
ssdeep: 12288:G2z2JL75HJxohgD1ZCjRAr1AFwxqF3qPpbeHcX/s84zkl:H4L7VoiSar1AFgzX0Z
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T15DF48D0277F8A075F2F35B31AE7892555ABABC729D34C20E23C4590D1DB0A90EA75B73
sha3_384: d984297604984879524bb1a163a17c6244cc193de0d7f4b6bf877360ae8ed128de6564c37f05580fa0537379803d22c0
ep_bytes: e880c7feffe97ffeffff3b0da0154500
timestamp: 2018-09-20 05:55:26

Version Info:
CompanyName: Adobe Systems Incorporated
FileDescription: Adobe Bootstrapper for Single Installation
FileVersion: 19.8.20071.303822
InternalName: Setup.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2018 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: Setup.exe
ProductName: Bootstrapper Small
ProductVersion: 19.8.20071.303822
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Mint.Zard.5 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
FireEye	Generic.mg.fef21989341aaed3
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.bc
McAfee	Artemis!FEF21989341A
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005ab4bf1 )
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
K7GW	Trojan ( 005ab4bf1 )
Cybereason	malicious.8c9da2
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.6E5FA2A71F
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Patched.NKM
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Senoval.a
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Senoval.33873a99
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen-Crypt.ccnc
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.100 (RDML:LZNzqhjVRiwHOVuIMB+rpA)
Sophos	W32/Patched-CD
DrWeb	Win32.Beetle.2
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Patched
GData	Win32.Trojan.PSE.11GD2R1
Google	Detected
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Patched
Arcabit	Trojan.Mint.Zard.5
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.Senoval.a
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Doina.RPX!MTB
Varist	W32/Patched.GS.gen!Eldorado
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win.Generic.R603715
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Mint.Zard.5
VBA32	BScope.TrojanDownloader.Emotet
Cylance	unsafe
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Pathced_ya.16001052
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.121218.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Patched.IP!tr
AVG	Win32:Patched-AWW [Trj]
Avast	Win32:Patched-AWW [Trj]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_70% (D)

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.

About the author

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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