ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD removal

The ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD 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 ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD virus can do?

Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (1 unique times)
Creates RWX memory
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.

How to determine ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD?


File Info:
crc32: AE898EA1
md5: 0a7133952aa03a2d28bbfa7dbeca00ed
name: 0A7133952AA03A2D28BBFA7DBECA00ED.mlw
sha1: b6d411022a602e8094e02d3380eb8b4e4fd0b35c
sha256: 91e8a7568bed52df4fbb3ef6e9d0b9ed80321e7dfabfe772279ab9305558c706
sha512: 78f282afed397136fdedd524c6eaa454a0a0aa597d1313fe5f823204205f97b3aa489d7a3b04ed31b4e29047c85597564262eabf650b5f89986d204978ae4fce
ssdeep: 24576:hoJBu2XV04jnHW8VwBYWea3sM6zlYzLhQ0zJ68VQWWRWqM:2u4jHmSWecsvWkq3
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 1997-2020 Simon Tatham.
InternalName: PuTTY
FileVersion: Release 0.74 (with embedded help)
CompanyName: Simon Tatham
ProductName: PuTTY suite
ProductVersion: Release 0.74
FileDescription: SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client
OriginalFilename: PuTTY
Translation: 0x0809 0x04b0

ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574
K7GW	Trojan ( 005325ae1 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005325ae1 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Rozena.AMX.gen
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Cometer.gen
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574
Sophos	ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1125217
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34170.bD0@aixTj5bi
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
FireEye	Generic.mg.0a7133952aa03a2d
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1125217
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D5C6CE
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Cometer.gen
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.378574
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
Malwarebytes	MachineLearning/Anomalous.96%
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDML:AgjdpdM5l5pZud08grzrgA)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Rozena
Fortinet	W32/Rozena.AMX!tr

How to remove ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD?

ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-AD 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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