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How to remove “MSIL/Injector.CNU”?

The MSIL/Injector.CNU 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/Injector.CNU virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
  • Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • A process created a hidden window
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Anomalous .NET characteristics
  • A scripting utility was executed
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to remove evidence of file being downloaded from the Internet
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Sniffs keystrokes
  • Installs an hook procedure to monitor for mouse events
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
  • Created a process from a suspicious location
  • Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • CAPE detected the Neptune malware family
  • Creates a copy of itself

How to determine MSIL/Injector.CNU?


File Info:

name: 32A3AC73B3001285E9F7.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f567b46f3c1eaab8ecd7c81d0d170662ed6d69a7912fadf5c6ad575273503aeacrc32: BBC9E105md5: 32a3ac73b3001285e9f766062bc8b255sha1: 3021dc59eb4050b2b2f72255255b5074d88b5d78sha256: f567b46f3c1eaab8ecd7c81d0d170662ed6d69a7912fadf5c6ad575273503aeasha512: 2fea9f7d4ed7f06f99f0938fcd283aac0dc37ff9f8f287665e1e59adb7ceb1a7279c3468b719d5677794bc600925aa8617d680c34c7e82ddaa8d10b872f4002cssdeep: 24576:zhvLanVbB1/bB0v7WC9iPqw0Gp8XLnSBje4ButQ3:zhvLapB9B0vaCcSw0yYSje4/3type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T117359EA5E1C8E234F055617D792189B9132A3A73A50E3AACC49CCEE027F54BC564F4EFsha3_384: 77cdda8132e6c9284b853729f798b2e1e3efcbef0b153334987a93a08ba6652518dd1cd9ad1a1f4a11c14e5b532bd3d7ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2014-01-19 19:05:45

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0Comments: PhotoScapeFileDescription: PhotoScapeFileVersion: 1.0.0.0InternalName: PhotoScape.exeLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2005OriginalFilename: PhotoScape.exeProductName: PhotoScapeProductVersion: 1.0.0.0Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

MSIL/Injector.CNU also known as:

Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.lWjm
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen3.14508
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
FireEye Generic.mg.32a3ac73b3001285
ALYac Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Dropper.Dapato.Win32.19881
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Gen.9
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba TrojanDropper:Win32/Dapato.08ac5af6
K7GW Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000121 )
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34212.gn0@aOzsuId
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Injector.CNU
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_ZBOT.JPDF
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.dkos
BitDefender Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Dapato.ctefut
Avast MSIL:Injector-GL [Trj]
Tencent Win32.Trojan-dropper.Dapato.Ljkd
Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
Emsisoft Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10 (B)
Comodo TrojWare.MSIL.Injector.CPE@57n3r4
VIPRE Trojan.MSIL.Injector.jo (v)
TrendMicro TSPY_ZBOT.JPDF
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
Sophos ML/PE-A
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato
GData Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.11874095.susgen
Avira TR/Drop.Dapato.derw
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.796409
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Dapato.dk.(kcloud)
Arcabit Trojan.Mardom.MN.10
ZoneAlarm Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.dkos
Microsoft PWS:MSIL/Petun.A
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.ZBot.C503433
McAfee Artemis!32A3AC73B300
MAX malware (ai score=85)
VBA32 TrojanDropper.Dapato
APEX Malicious
Rising Trojan.Generic/MSIL@AI.100 (RDM.MSIL:Wl6Dw/nFFl+Gpr9NEUfkXw)
Yandex Trojan.DR.Dapato!B+IPLxSoz/I
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_100%
Fortinet MSIL/Injector.GAA!tr
Webroot W32.Injector.Gen
AVG MSIL:Injector-GL [Trj]
Cybereason malicious.3b3001
Panda Generic Malware

How to remove MSIL/Injector.CNU?

  • 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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