Malware

What is “ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-C”?

Malware Removal

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

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (1 unique times)
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid

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


File Info:

name: 557B9B796A449DA48FE1.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/4a28280f7185f7ac617266dcbca1025a814ed6d5d34b7df66acbd3dea4901d04
crc32: 4D7D5E48
md5: 557b9b796a449da48fe1ff084eac1d38
sha1: 44619fd72fbc289c544d0cfcc2cacadf29b35298
sha256: 4a28280f7185f7ac617266dcbca1025a814ed6d5d34b7df66acbd3dea4901d04
sha512: 5075d12b904ab02a8ed94f6ad11422df506b5b1f099b7c9b65bb152fd971ddcf67a059792df5e4545fd94a0db2f7787bb3565263dffd33da542c93a6312dfc44
ssdeep: 24576:H13gJnNiQQSA7Ph8NKvKBiqPU5EDvLJPjraFLR5ROW:HWjrHKvKBHPjrkp7
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1FD45E113BAD184B2F1430532453AA77BBE36B2006935CE87D3D45D785A632A1EA3F39D
sha3_384: cbd03009e1e8104978973b29fa15b0c8e79c9c9cbae9ab9395f657e598f7a3440eb3f53e84739c5e90439c3a2cbd8107
ep_bytes: e89a020000e984feffff558becff7508
timestamp: 2021-07-10 09:51:55

Version Info:

CompanyName: Simon Tatham
ProductName: PuTTY suite
FileDescription: SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP client
InternalName: PuTTY
OriginalFilename: PuTTY
FileVersion: Release 0.76 (with embedded help)
ProductVersion: Release 0.76
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 1997-2021 Simon Tatham.
Translation: 0x0809 0x04b0

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

Elasticmalicious (high confidence)
CynetMalicious (score: 100)
McAfeeMalHeur-FAG!557B9B796A44
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Razy.867799
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Rozena.BAO.gen
APEXMalicious
KasperskyHEUR:Trojan.Win32.Zenpak.gen
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Razy.867799
AvastWin32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Razy.867799
SophosML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-C
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.Swizzor.tc
FireEyeGeneric.mg.557b9b796a449da4
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Razy.867799 (B)
GDataGen:Variant.Razy.867799
JiangminTrojan.Generic.gzfcg
AviraHEUR/AGEN.1125217
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Generic.ASMalwS.342F057
ArcabitTrojan.Razy.DD3DD7
MicrosoftTrojan:Win32/Sabsik.FL.B!ml
AhnLab-V3Trojan/Win.FAG.C4461087
BitDefenderThetaGen:NN.ZexaF.34294.hz0@aOD5oipi
ALYacGen:Variant.Razy.867799
MAXmalware (ai score=81)
VBA32Trojan.Shelma
MalwarebytesTrojan.Rozena
RisingTrojan.Generic@ML.85 (RDMK:oVgh9YQ1T9IVJuklUlDr9g)
SentinelOneStatic AI – Suspicious PE
FortinetW32/Shellter.C!tr
AVGWin32:Evo-gen [Susp]
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen

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

ML/PE-A + ATK/Shellter-C 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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