About “MSIL/Injector.ABF” infection

The MSIL/Injector.ABF 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.

What MSIL/Injector.ABF virus can do?

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (1 unique times)
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Sniffs keystrokes
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• CAPE detected the DarkComet malware family
• Creates a copy of itself
• Interacts with known DarkComet registry keys
• Creates known Fynloski/DarkComet mutexes
• Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine MSIL/Injector.ABF?

File Info:
name: 0EA7D42094220EAF3AF4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/9acbe17286f3b84720965ba2a628d38145679e6f7870f60354e0a7aec1a76ab4crc32: 28523565md5: 0ea7d42094220eaf3af4fb3e7cf2b813sha1: 004d2a5315a7bb88e0d15c240ce01d90078aaf87sha256: 9acbe17286f3b84720965ba2a628d38145679e6f7870f60354e0a7aec1a76ab4sha512: c7f1447e4115f1cdd5a15e7fb11bb8123bc14e9fee118f7a4df2429da8bf4bcd04826c0971291495b27e2211269ded585ec78a5187695011c72f8195bc7211ebssdeep: 98304:QM5QniDahcSKVulpJSUeWHtsjDVJ5Cbu6qOijTe5qaWUxPsMkQwIW3:Q2QniDahtoEts98uhOJ5hJPsvQtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1FBF502F259943C12F55EA2724F84BC3A881B9E51FFBDA40577D22528B37CAC31766B02sha3_384: a87d9a5b594249851d95e75824db88044a9b316c9eddc7a9e13661c71dda7da3fd0c8724ead5003c4b9b093a4dc740b8ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2021-12-07 13:27:26
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0Comments: vshost32-clr2FileDescription:  FileVersion: 1.0.0.0InternalName: 6 pm b.exeLegalCopyright:  OriginalFilename: 6 pm b.exeProductName: 1.0.0.0ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

MSIL/Injector.ABF also known as:

How to remove MSIL/Injector.ABF?

• 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.