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What is “MSIL/Injector.QXS”?

The MSIL/Injector.QXS 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.QXS 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
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • A process created a hidden window
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to remove evidence of file being downloaded from the Internet
  • Sniffs keystrokes
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
  • Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote 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
  • Creates a copy of itself

Related domains:

llobd_llrat.crabdance.com

How to determine MSIL/Injector.QXS?


File Info:

name: 94D970A6D034D973069F.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/e68307389281ec3f502f31ae4e8f78ab5e6c0b8573e081df59b70983438c2371crc32: 48C5F1A0md5: 94d970a6d034d973069f803b486ac3e0sha1: f940f7d6e057c0e43b9edd274706864954bf22a6sha256: e68307389281ec3f502f31ae4e8f78ab5e6c0b8573e081df59b70983438c2371sha512: b922f4578b3a8429870116aa174e72afaa467813c0319b72b407e5d12df2009ebd1f7484d933328eeccd35734dcfdc7ceddbdc5bc9763a951ad03f83add76db0ssdeep: 24576:ijmX3WJS0ulmbJHjUKGXXlbsfV+cdlJ4CLEiDxTkBADRD:nWJSJlmFDQXVoNt4CLE4dtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1474512B536829B0CCC1D063659D761502FF5AFC32B3386BE3AC5651D2B313A69F5232Asha3_384: 0f289a0cad2a5085d9034388a2baced56af2a5f66a1f6e8665a045b7b6971a06562517f7a3d4a5dcff404d81056f8bc0ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2016-12-18 12:50:53

Version Info:

CompanyName: Adobe Systems IncorporatedFileDescription: Adobe Acrobat Update ServiceFileVersion: 1.824.20.5020InternalName: armsvc.exeLegalCopyright: Copyright © 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.OriginalFilename: armsvc.exeProductName: Adobe Acrobat Update ServiceProductVersion: 1.824.20.5020Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

MSIL/Injector.QXS also known as:

Lionic Trojan.MSIL.Agent.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1
FireEye Generic.mg.94d970a6d034d973
ALYac Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Dropper.Dapato.Win32.29734
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Dapato.8
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0055e39a1 )
Alibaba Trojan:MSIL/Injector.30ad2d18
K7GW Trojan ( 0055e39a1 )
Cybereason malicious.6d034d
Symantec Trojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Injector.QXS
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky Trojan.MSIL.Agent.foxb
BitDefender Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Dapato.ejzoog
Avast MSIL:Crypt-AAI [Trj]
Tencent Msil.Trojan.Agent.Huzh
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1
TACHYON Trojan-Dropper/W32.DN-Dapato.1182208
Sophos ML/PE-A
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader23.30398
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition Trojan-FKPY!94D970A6D034
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
GData Gen:Heur.MSIL.Pretoria.1
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1118536
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.1D79AD2
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.GenericKD.v.(kcloud)
Arcabit Trojan.MSIL.Pretoria.1
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
McAfee Trojan-FKPY!94D970A6D034
MAX malware (ai score=100)
Malwarebytes Malware.AI.3852185249
Yandex Trojan.DR.Dapato!ZSSzdAdjkZU
Ikarus Trojan.VB.Crypt
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_100%
Fortinet MSIL/Generic.AP.33F54A!tr
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34294.in0@ayjCorhi
AVG MSIL:Crypt-AAI [Trj]
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove MSIL/Injector.QXS?

  • 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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