Categories: Malware

About “ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF” infection

The ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF 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/Zbot-COF virus can do?

  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Arabic
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF?


File Info:

crc32: AECFEA55md5: 7419a33ddf3ae87c5a93fa24aa2bcb73name: 7419A33DDF3AE87C5A93FA24AA2BCB73.mlwsha1: 1ba1a45a32406a11e9a00dd2c53601d42f65cb39sha256: b89a39c8f9887a5164a658727d29d69ab11bc08e8348a994ec1704b8c0e5ed81sha512: 374606110c50ef39b49d50adfbce414c223e4a110c715aab0468b0a71f803f7fa67cb46c6fbc1cb4c624353b923faa8457c3935db35139f81a2002967e47fd74ssdeep: 6144:q+oUb5UlNVf9MPLMCNky7SHIqTDK4O+mEaDrELERi:PPSl3uiuKh3KlxEgEftype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0040f2c01 )
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
DrWeb BackDoor.IRC.Bot.1725
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Jorik.Win32.139058
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Alibaba TrojanPSW:Win32/Yakes.c2897a80
K7GW Trojan ( 0040f2c01 )
Cybereason malicious.ddf3ae
Cyren W32/A-14b7c56a!Eldorado
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Spy.Zbot.AAO
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Yakes-229
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Bot.bbxgps
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.A.Yakes.171008.B
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10bf44ac
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2
Sophos ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF
Comodo Malware@#3lu6j5kpi1ny0
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Zbot.cof (v)
TrendMicro TROJ_JORIK_BK084717.TOMC
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.ZBot.dc
FireEye Generic.mg.7419a33ddf3ae87c
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin Trojan/Yakes.fwo
Webroot W32.Rogue.Gen
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen8
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.4D331
Microsoft PWS:Win32/Zbot
GData Gen:Heur.Ransom.Cerber.2
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Chifrax.R37671
McAfee PWS-Zbot.gen.aly
MAX malware (ai score=100)
VBA32 Trojan.Yakes
Malwarebytes Malware.AI.763329815
Panda Generic Malware
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_JORIK_BK084717.TOMC
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.98 (RDML:XnMESPreFb6cGaEX/xTIMQ)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!7JdWNRqvOO0
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Yakes
Fortinet W32/Injector.VWW!tr
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 Win32/TrojanDropper.Generic.HxQBEpsA

How to remove ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-COF?

  • 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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