Categories: Malware

About “ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ” infection

The ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ 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 + Mal/Zbot-EZ virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • The executable is compressed using UPX
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Creates a copy of itself

How to determine ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ?


File Info:

crc32: 2BA33C56md5: ee50e2c980f956685b75cbc84aacf27aname: EE50E2C980F956685B75CBC84AACF27A.mlwsha1: 8c4a28aa1714401a6c1d6aa09a4106eb0ed38558sha256: ce80026621f15bd48a03c8e9a0bb58561abde92fa8231a8da2ada528ed972f53sha512: f4af8081d7a53628d922bf08542f05138478b02fabbf058340e3bf071eb965b5f056918932a0183efd6e06d230c20b4f8efb8f38b9659203dd0d7bf8bd1ede1assdeep: 1536:dzDq6MOK81XDRFFJB167UyS+JPWCpcdeN5WjyqvQpeM1+Sn/U:ZqROK8vFFT167U+J+Hefgy/gub/Utype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 Wulgf Software 2002-2010InternalName: WulgfFileVersion: 210CompanyName: Wulgf SoftwareProductName: Wulgf Pdkfove LrnuxProductVersion: 6.10FileDescription: Wulgf Pdkfove LrnuxOriginalFilename: Wulgf.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04e4

ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( f1000f011 )
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.Hosts.3756
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.VIZ.1
ALYac Gen:Heur.VIZ.1
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.PornoBlocker.Win32.1375
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_70% (D)
Alibaba TrojanDropper:Win32/Bamital.f040d845
K7GW Trojan ( f1000f011 )
Cybereason malicious.980f95
Cyren W32/Zbot.CZ.gen!Eldorado
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Bamital.FA
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Pornoblocker-98
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Heur.VIZ.1
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Gen-Crypt.ccnc
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.PornoBlocker.67584
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Amls
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.VIZ.1
Sophos ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.XPACK.Gen@2ho5ur
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34126.emKfaSC6XNac
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Spyeye.tma (v)
TrendMicro TROJ_SPYEYE.SMEP
McAfee-GW-Edition PWS-Zbot.gen.do
FireEye Generic.mg.ee50e2c980f95668
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.VIZ.1 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin Trojan/PornoBlocker.awo
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.D57E7
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft TrojanDropper:Win32/Bamital.I
GData Gen:Heur.VIZ.1
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.FraudPack.R3415
McAfee Artemis!EE50E2C980F9
MAX malware (ai score=100)
VBA32 Trojan.SB.01742
Panda Bck/Qbot.AO
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPYEYE.SMEP
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!QvXJ2VIu8/M
Ikarus Trojan-Ransom.PornoBlocker
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet W32/Kryptik.WDN!tr
AVG Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-EZ?

  • 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.
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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