How to remove “MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY”?

The MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY 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.Growtopia.HY virus can do?

Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY?


File Info:
crc32: 908EEEE7
md5: c45f38373261fd8dacb064fc5548dc34
name: proxy.exe
sha1: a9760329e5649bea561379f88a5ec24378acb227
sha256: 3d58ac2328303d8b94695e5ab96af463cfe399ed1677d025ca7711380578e45f
sha512: 2b9de13b3bde16a3954501e0d229af8b45e66399262be0aa6c72ac35a15410fa012a87977cc74952f0067ed8fa9c602c5ac85bfac5304ce9cc4e82a276e75138
ssdeep: 6144:HnQCDleoAm2nj8zcjmpoPiFrd44oidFUDJknCulNrqqSeSp4JFAQAG5W8soKsYd:bDknj8hU+ndxnT5WDWBvBw
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright:  
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: SFW.exe
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
FileDescription:  
OriginalFilename: SFW.exe

MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY also known as:

FireEye	Generic.mg.c45f38373261fd8d
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.AEE4.Malware.Gen
McAfee	Artemis!C45F38373261
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Malware
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Heur.DNP.Qm0@aeLSh@d
Cybereason	malicious.73261f
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.09BF49E21F
F-Prot	W32/S-3049d5f7!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
Cynet	Malicious (score: 90)
GData	Gen:Trojan.Heur.DNP.Qm0@aeLSh@d
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.DOTHETUK.gen
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/DOTHETUK.c165b027
AegisLab	Trojan.MSIL.DOTHETUK.4!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Trojan.Heur.DNP.Qm0@aeLSh@d
Tencent	Msil.Trojan.Dothetuk.Swup
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Comodo	Malware@#lhp2j0cfrya8
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1136399
Invincea	heuristic
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.Heur.DNP.Qm0@aeLSh@d (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.PSW
Cyren	W32/S-3049d5f7!Eldorado
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1136399
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Ymacco.AB12
Arcabit	Trojan.Heur.DNP.E46C2B
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.RL_Generic.C4106763
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.DOTHETUK.gen
Ad-Aware	Gen:Trojan.Heur.DNP.Qm0@aeLSh@d
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Crypt.MSIL.Generic
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H0CGI20
Rising	Trojan.Injector!8.C4 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_95%
Fortinet	W32/DOTHETUK.HY!tr
AVG	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
Paloalto	generic.ml
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY?

MSIL/PSW.Growtopia.HY 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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