What is “MSIL/Kryptik.PNU”?

The MSIL/Kryptik.PNU 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/Kryptik.PNU virus can do?

Presents an Authenticode digital signature
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.

How to determine MSIL/Kryptik.PNU?


File Info:
crc32: 17E56CD2
md5: fcdd5ac87b923835720c5a732c5a453d
name: FCDD5AC87B923835720C5A732C5A453D.mlw
sha1: dc220877cbd022468d8d4be3866542797f8c7983
sha256: dee4abedb106a9f5aae8f85553554ee736b320f7cac60a871f0fdc758de33f2d
sha512: 1e6e2dbab91cfc0311ed816d28a9d76ebf8a531070dff0ff6c34315410a581326d645044613988994103cee85cbd212d2dd6da6e5b91d4b007384185d6751683
ssdeep: 12288:CPJCCe+LxWR4lpTDVcKEl/GxetEFXh7xgzuWXWuwI9T5CCSN78H5lfLkHhHHhHhE:C4C1JlpTDyJGIEFXtcuWnR9T83S7fmBs
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 2005-2017 Piriform Ltd
InternalName: ccleaner
FileVersion: 5, 33, 00, 6162
CompanyName: Piriform Ltd
Comments: CCleaner
ProductName: CCleaner
ProductVersion: 5, 33, 00, 6162
FileDescription: CCleaner
OriginalFilename: ccleaner.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

MSIL/Kryptik.PNU also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.MSIL.Quasar.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Azorult-9852769-1
ALYac	Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKD.32317273
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.1494746
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Alibaba	TrojanSpy:MSIL/Quasar.667a17f0
K7GW	Trojan ( 0053d3bf1 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0053d3bf1 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.PNU
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:CrypterX-gen [Trj]
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Quasar.gen
BitDefender	Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKD.32317273
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Quasar.fijqjy
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKD.32317273
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ehrx
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKD.32317273
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Comodo	Malware@#1blt1h0smntq
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34170.Vq2@a8c9Hdli
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXGP-MM!FCDD5AC87B92
FireEye	Generic.mg.fcdd5ac87b923835
Emsisoft	Backdoor.CCHack (A)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1129989
eGambit	PE.Heur.InvalidSig
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.280E2D7
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/AgentTesla!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Autoruns.Generic.D1ED1F59
GData	Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKD.32317273
McAfee	GenericRXGP-MM!FCDD5AC87B92
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Yandex	Trojan.Kryptik!EHDK334T16c
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Fortinet	MSIL/Generic.AP.13E4DA0!tr
AVG	Win32:CrypterX-gen [Trj]
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove MSIL/Kryptik.PNU?

MSIL/Kryptik.PNU 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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