About “MSIL/Kryptik.YUO” infection

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

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine MSIL/Kryptik.YUO?


File Info:
crc32: 94B3C4C9
md5: 955aa467bbebe55992eecb0916f3c855
name: 955AA467BBEBE55992EECB0916F3C855.mlw
sha1: 8afa443d051c13e82c86741e71aea54761284af8
sha256: 931b74dae99d57d93b21fb72c0da9184b83e04f95e024e9a7990a6c57a73ac7e
sha512: 43dd9adf0ee033feb7e2dc3c8ff54eeed57db62387398077e90f88716a006a86dfff9a04924a3047f53bf2be609696a7446728447e98d5b436644cf0cdc97118
ssdeep: 6144:CwHEQEbIkpehwqJtkQkQCdgu0hJEq9K/KFT5V4dLydjsk+x32oIGXxN5ZGIx4jw:P0bIpwqLkR/KsKT5o6wkiF
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright:  
Assembly Version: 10.0.41817.0
InternalName: Bzxatueapgaka9.exe
FileVersion: 10.0.41817.0
Comments: ICQSetup
ProductName: ICQSetup
ProductVersion: 10.0.41817.0
FileDescription: ICQSetup
OriginalFilename: Bzxatueapgaka9.exe

MSIL/Kryptik.YUO also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
FireEye	Generic.mg.955aa467bbebe559
McAfee	Artemis!955AA467BBEB
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00573a5a1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 00573a5a1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/GenKryptik.9f5d5c20
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Malicious.4!c
Emsisoft	Trojan.Crypt (A)
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.gm
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Woreflint.A!cl
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.YUO
Ikarus	Win32.Outbreak
Fortinet	MSIL/GenKryptik.EXFA!tr
AVG	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
Cybereason	malicious.d051c1
Qihoo-360	Generic/Backdoor.23a

How to remove MSIL/Kryptik.YUO?

MSIL/Kryptik.YUO 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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