About “MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY” infection

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

Executable code extraction
Creates RWX memory
Reads data out of its own binary image
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY?


File Info:
crc32: 5A4F6225
md5: e55410171f24865fcf6979d3cfee83a2
name: E55410171F24865FCF6979D3CFEE83A2.mlw
sha1: 6ea3a9652822aae16af97605e98f031e8be97e31
sha256: eb32326655d9ff8ffab963e29d0000703da122353d65091f4f56ab252e45299a
sha512: d68ffea38f152a6032bbd269b43c3cb9113292618e78317f90b9496228750c6ec9363fac94b7011e424ca7f485cc7d9a01e2c3ad0d150f476c3c11be9a51cf20
ssdeep: 12288:TYmF18qpWAxYV7bYWruDR3WXvP58S42sqfO:TbuYWwGbyR3WXHaS4aO
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2018
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: PublisherIdentityPermissionAttribute.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: 
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: 
ProductName: broke-mobile
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: broke-mobile
OriginalFilename: PublisherIdentityPermissionAttribute.exe

MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.72696
FireEye	Generic.mg.e55410171f24865f
McAfee	GenericRXNL-NZ!E55410171F24
Cylance	Unsafe
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Generic.lUy1
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.72696
Cybereason	malicious.71f248
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Kryptik.CWC.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKDZ.72696
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S + Troj/MSIL-QMA
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Genome.kwbne@0
DrWeb	Trojan.PackedNET.471
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.72696 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Inject
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D11BF8
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.72696
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Kryptik.R364274
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34780.Hm0@am71LJm
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.94570
Malwarebytes	Trojan.MalPack
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R06CH09AQ21
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.ZKP!tr
AVG	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]

How to remove MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY?

MSIL/Kryptik.ZKY 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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