How to remove “MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ”?

The MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ 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/PSW.Agent.SSQ virus can do?

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Authenticode signature is invalid
Binary compilation timestomping detected

How to determine MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ?


File Info:
name: 1ADA11B1DD7E43F9A253.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/8ee96e943f287bd8e766e32d0b246f488da8a4813a6964014f802c587782e8b3
crc32: F5A73E99
md5: 1ada11b1dd7e43f9a2532c9f90a13abe
sha1: 87c6e0f35fe2beac5ef4a62538cca02853652f11
sha256: 8ee96e943f287bd8e766e32d0b246f488da8a4813a6964014f802c587782e8b3
sha512: ff5b31f36d4ce9a2f726a7d09c08ca4236c966c5e2d99a8dedb4c3502185c0fc52ff9d3ce523d8052c40f095ff1984e3454064d707d1212cf839bf95d03612d2
ssdeep: 192:Gek/16KSA2k8wqxx07rTebL1bOmDbhCUX:T06K4DwqxkrTebLh/
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T19F22D901B7F88125F1BF0F795AB2214096BAFA539C25CF4E18D6510F0E27B46C9A1F63
sha3_384: 2984de96c55a399adb7bdf5fac4b5cf3a125677003086585e38fa652cdd987106ae695be501b5b047ee9168645445161
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2065-10-22 12:44:24

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
Comments: 
CompanyName: 
FileDescription: SQ Multitool
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: SQ Multitool.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright ©  2022
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: SQ Multitool.exe
ProductName: SQ Multitool
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectNet.01
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
FireEye	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
ALYac	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Artemis.1ADA11B1DD7E
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/Generic.962a674d
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilCO.34638.am0@aWpLJCi
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H09E422
BitDefender	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
APEX	Malicious
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Polyransom.yb
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
Emsisoft	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972 (B)
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.PSW
Avira	TR/PSW.Agent.pxvsq
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.TE.B!ml
GData	Trojan.Ransom.GenericKD.39592972
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
McAfee	Artemis!1ADA11B1DD7E
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Downloader.MSIL.Generic
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Rising	Trojan.Generic/MSIL@AI.92 (RDM.MSIL:2dSiY03RbCmp0JTYN1XG8w)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.SSQ!tr.pws
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen

How to remove MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ?

MSIL/PSW.Agent.SSQ 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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