Categories: Malware

What is “ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-LVE”?

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

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
  • Detects the presence of Wine emulator via function name
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Attempts to identify installed analysis tools by a known file location
  • Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
  • Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
  • Detects Sandboxie using a known mutex
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Checks for a known DeepFreeze Frozen State Mutex
  • Collects information to fingerprint the system

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


File Info:

crc32: 7A1F7F0Bmd5: 0f42f59d02923de4101240cfd26c9771name: 0F42F59D02923DE4101240CFD26C9771.mlwsha1: 83bffb47a5475edccd7dc5a8ba98759e19cafbfesha256: 197d6f787b2023605f0129af1774fdfb7850e7e2eccbc0e20c6fbb34a26cb9e5sha512: 8a088895bc766d70fe1c43fde95c177e06649b9ac95f3ce5e7a05d86b1cedcb72306e77f99362d357919cc53df0b154bdadb3bfb797ed7e2c538db28089a2db4ssdeep: 3072:P6f6TKe8Q5Jw/LsaDOLWJq1yFjdJl5ZvFRo6dX3Dig:Ppnw/QIOSw1W/x3Ggtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

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

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0051ae131 )
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Refinka.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Panda.11620
McAfee Ransomware-GIK!0F42F59D0292
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Refinka.Win32.1145
Sangfor Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
K7GW Trojan ( 0051ae131 )
Cybereason malicious.d02923
Baidu Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.rb
Symantec Packed.Generic.493
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Spy.Zbot.ACZ
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
BitDefender Trojan.Crypt.Agent.BF
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Refinka.euyasc
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Crypt.Agent.BF
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10ba9edf
Ad-Aware Trojan.Crypt.Agent.BF
Sophos ML/PE-A + Troj/Zbot-LVE
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Crypt.C@7vajd0
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34266.kqW@amxqs2d
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro Ransom_CERBER.SM38
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Drixed.cc
FireEye Generic.mg.0f42f59d02923de4
Emsisoft Trojan-Ransom.Locky (A)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin Trojan.Refinka.aca
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen8
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_79%
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.22778B7
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Zuepan.A
GData Trojan.Crypt.Agent.BF
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Lebag.R212037
Acronis suspicious
VBA32 Trojan.Refinka
MAX malware (ai score=100)
Malwarebytes Ransom.Locky
Panda Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall Ransom_CERBER.SM38
Rising Trojan.Kryptik!1.AE8C (CLASSIC)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!6hllvVH+m2E
Ikarus Trojan.Crypt.Agent
Fortinet W32/Kryptik.CQXJ!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto generic.ml

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

  • 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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