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

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

  • Executable code extraction
  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
  • Enumerates user accounts on the system
  • Creates RWX memory
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Macau)
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
  • Mimics the file times of a Windows system file
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a hidden or system file
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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


File Info:

crc32: 328AC940md5: faf1ceb3534e60b95b3b21fd85d6d5dfname: FAF1CEB3534E60B95B3B21FD85D6D5DF.mlwsha1: acb7a1dfbe5cc087ab0993ab84cdae353617fcb6sha256: d361a23a0f7f17f0b7a7dc1c8a3205dfee6b6c3b7826a1aa935e27c3be4800d7sha512: cce05ab178bb718a40d210df658e58759b4199eb6e6c341c94f8e44b0bede4d5e518c4de922afdcc83ae312d20eb07f04924022241a446993f38bf1b990cde21ssdeep: 3072:E2/QeTZzJV8mbYn3TLTJ3lh55lcim7yWfd8TM0Hc13MOHqWeQM:dNzPZYn3Td55l/meMQMH3Utype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

Translation: 0x1404 0x04b0InternalName: Moza5FileVersion: 1.00CompanyName: samsungProductName: SamsungProductVersion: 1.00FileDescription: SamsungOriginalFilename: Moza5.exe

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

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004edecd1 )
DrWeb Trojan.Encoder.4395
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
CAT-QuickHeal Ransom.Critroni.A3
ALYac Gen:Heur.PonyStealer.nm0@daEQyImb
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.SelfDel.Win32.53312
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Alibaba Ransom:Win32/Cerber.257b6a84
K7GW Trojan ( 004edecd1 )
Cybereason malicious.3534e6
Cyren W32/Cerber.PJPD-4766
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Filecoder.Cerber.B
Zoner Trojan.Win32.41419
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender Gen:Heur.PonyStealer.nm0@daEQyImb
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.AD.ecconb
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.PonyStealer.nm0@daEQyImb
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10bfb6da
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.PonyStealer.nm0@daEQyImb
Sophos ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-KYR
Comodo Malware@#1c3o6e07up5ld
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZevbaF.34608.nm0@aaEQyImb
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro TSPY_FAREIT.SMXF1
McAfee-GW-Edition Fareit-FEL!FAF1CEB3534E
FireEye Generic.mg.faf1ceb3534e60b9
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira TR/AD.Asterope.Y.zyrp
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SelfDel
Arcabit Trojan.PonyStealer.EA874F
ZoneAlarm Trojan.Win32.SelfDel.caiw
GData Gen:Heur.PonyStealer.nm0@daEQyImb
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/VBKrypt.RP.X1764
MAX malware (ai score=100)
VBA32 Trojan.VBKrypt
Malwarebytes MachineLearning/Anomalous.100%
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Rising Ransom.Cerber!8.3058 (CLOUD)
Yandex Trojan.SelfDel!UE1yLmE4eNM
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet W32/Injector.CYLW!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.SelfDel.HwMAhjsA

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

  • 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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