ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY removal guide

The ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY 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 + Troj/FakeAV-MY virus can do?

Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY?


File Info:
name: FF7985A1910A3134278A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/84986759d93be6dbdc7d1bcb5f69e3dfa44fdd4352cbaf739f176e4bceb73ce7
crc32: 116BD4A5
md5: ff7985a1910a3134278af9774e7d1a0c
sha1: 98e5528c31e6b248d69cc64d883b14548427e466
sha256: 84986759d93be6dbdc7d1bcb5f69e3dfa44fdd4352cbaf739f176e4bceb73ce7
sha512: dad897e9976fb7fef21fc0162a86ff4bc72370011fe3ba3f4f7404f0ee85ab86a08d8d9c3bb2bbfe362bb1464e9077d95df1161faf4ab01bec0d035872694dd4
ssdeep: 1536:3zLveWId8QzIMcrT3TU15eQCMB8TYTUbTvnEAYW1whAznJZwkB4lL:jLveWezIMcfK2My8onzlo+JZwkO1
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T17B73026673E141FDE066AAF151E0E56AE12FAF26667C8F5CBFF83260E83D0304C45625
sha3_384: ca1be659c736407b04d46dddf6c495dcf4176e47d159a440eb3236a6c1847aa9e2d0fd641468550b7aa597b7f4d1b077
ep_bytes: 5589e583ec2e2b052e3341000305ba33
timestamp: 2008-03-06 20:49:41

Version Info:
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Content Index service
FileVersion: 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)
InternalName: cisvc.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: cisvc.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 5.2.3790.3959
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Zbot-890
FireEye	Generic.mg.ff7985a1910a3134
McAfee	Artemis!FF7985A1910A
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Agent.Win32.44340
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Spyware ( 0055e3db1 )
Alibaba	TrojanPSW:Win32/Obfuscator.2beea3f5
K7GW	Spyware ( 0055e3db1 )
Cybereason	malicious.1910a3
Cyren	W32/Trojan.YXSK-9124
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Spy.Zbot.JF
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen.ccmw
Avast	FileRepMalware [Trj]
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Iajl
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
Sophos	ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Spy.Zbot.JF166@1lgj2m
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Panda.114
VIPRE	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
TrendMicro	TROJ_AGENT.ANOR
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.lc
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Agent
GData	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
Jiangmin	Trojan/Agent.cbys
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Backdoor-Zbot
Avira	TR/Patched.JHY
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.AGeneric
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Arcabit	Trojan.Mint.Zard.24
Microsoft	PWS:Win32/Zbot.I
Google	Detected
VBA32	BScope.Malware-Cryptor.Win32.Vals.22
ALYac	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_AGENT.ANOR
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Nodef.jgv (CLASSIC)
Yandex	Trojan.Agent.IQES
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet	W32/PackZbot.HJ!tr
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34796.eq0@amsiw5oi
AVG	FileRepMalware [Trj]
Panda	Trj/Sinowal.WCC
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY?

ML/PE-A + Troj/FakeAV-MY 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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