What is “MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS”?

The MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS 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 MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS virus can do?

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS?


File Info:
name: 8167D44257D1769C713D.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/00461449c484a7730c1bd5510e282edd425f986b1b40c131b91ab610b2d2de82
crc32: EE519C3F
md5: 8167d44257d1769c713d808ebffb3ed9
sha1: e554fa440796ed41edf692212da0874296020c72
sha256: 00461449c484a7730c1bd5510e282edd425f986b1b40c131b91ab610b2d2de82
sha512: 93d8930295fd8f8ff58f02bf7cd5dda386a80e6e93e1559e00ce9ab230608932af365e03567580035e4b64026283ad55c43424ff18986754547adf720f6ff15f
ssdeep: 12288:Z83T2rqlZ9vWRc32xjwCKfTu2sJfbN+959lRGPjJEhGSgFFGhGS0h5QSfH8ufTll:ZMTrlZ9ORcm+1fTxgkbRAjIGScCGS+q
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T12D3569DE2D0AFE02C49CB6F08465D3F492ACEE77E1BDB1B636E02D777929704461A502
sha3_384: 04272a0fae3d1a43c6f61dd4445c1c81f487dd9891e9ef604e01f0b6386ec5234f6de0162607986af113402630ca6c22
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2019-11-15 23:10:18

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
Comments: 
CompanyName: 
FileDescription: Jessk
FileVersion: 1.0.1.0
InternalName: Jessk Turbos.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright ©  2020
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: Jessk Turbos.exe
ProductName: Turbo
ProductVersion: 1.0.1.0
Assembly Version: 1.0.1.0

MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectNet.01
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Perseus.4!c
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.AGEN.1042962
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/Generic.7cf7c5ae
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34638.cn0@aeE6Rig
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Agent.KR.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Generic-6893425-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Avast	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.th
FireEye	Generic.mg.8167d44257d1769c
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1222130
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
McAfee	Artemis!8167D44257D1
Malwarebytes	MachineLearning/Anomalous.100%
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.KS!tr
AVG	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.257d17

How to remove MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS?

MSIL/HackTool.Agent.KS 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.

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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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