What is “MSILHeracles.42679”?

The MSILHeracles.42679 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 MSILHeracles.42679 virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Authenticode signature is invalid
Binary compilation timestomping detected

How to determine MSILHeracles.42679?


File Info:
name: 74330E289618336B0B0A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/6036bfbaad4d5323b68b88a2a3d847dbd8040d789cab4932f44dfb5a5423d16c
crc32: D1E12FD4
md5: 74330e289618336b0b0a32102293e249
sha1: 5c0370ac49fcc6a6d255384855ec8ac79c59ab8d
sha256: 6036bfbaad4d5323b68b88a2a3d847dbd8040d789cab4932f44dfb5a5423d16c
sha512: e2ec679d5456ad71f6dac77b59799abd4f0a418edd00d012583edabfd552f8507c62de4b2b1a1b610fb8f1ddcac6ca78daf8e8d2d39cf1de196ccfd1e50d8d1e
ssdeep: 49152:xzn5fw4M5XYHnz2cs9lk7iglteyuECCcttYSplEr2rZAORM2fDfLo4/slJJWfAqg:p
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T154B623203EFE542DB273EF395AE9799B9A9FBB73360694AE105103870713E41CD92439
sha3_384: 8c7c87a71825d2e2a6e614908e4be0e098a896ac6d806f5fa06b8db41b6a1d5b088c930a90b695fd7ee66a225c706ae1
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2098-03-17 11:45:07

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
CompanyName: WinFormApp
FileDescription: WinFormApp
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: WinFormApp.exe
LegalCopyright:  
OriginalFilename: WinFormApp.exe
ProductName: WinFormApp
ProductVersion: 1.0.0
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

MSILHeracles.42679 also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
McAfee	GenericRXUD-WL!74330E289618
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Crypt.MSIL.Generic
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00596f0f1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 00596f0f1 )
Cybereason	malicious.896183
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.AFKG
Kaspersky	HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
Avast	Win32:CrypterX-gen [Trj]
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679 (B)
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen9.56514
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vh
FireEye	Generic.mg.74330e289618336b
Sophos	Mal/Kryptik-BA
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
Google	Detected
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.3E3F
Arcabit	Trojan.MSILHeracles.DA6B7
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.Crysan.gen
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C5234598
Acronis	suspicious
ALYac	Gen:Variant.MSILHeracles.42679
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Cylance	Unsafe
Rising	Trojan.Generic/MSIL@AI.94 (RDM.MSIL:UsIImEsXDmzDdPO5B8qzYA)
Fortinet	MSIL/Injector.SHW!tr
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34682.@p3@aueL5Cg
AVG	Win32:CrypterX-gen [Trj]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)

How to remove MSILHeracles.42679?

MSILHeracles.42679 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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