What is “MSILPerseus.217331”?

The MSILPerseus.217331 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 MSILPerseus.217331 virus can do?

Executable code extraction
Creates RWX memory
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.

How to determine MSILPerseus.217331?


File Info:
crc32: DE538E49
md5: 85fee766ac767e2c5d40846cc95c4307
name: 85FEE766AC767E2C5D40846CC95C4307.mlw
sha1: 306810d68293c427494c38cea136b3c17f465bc2
sha256: 74396ecd18ebd2422e6e92010c1d247fc556ceab95690d038932c6fb554b30c0
sha512: 607b5d4caf0bba729946de4e80cb78b4c3a6046748c20441da12b8d1d5a90fc3a7e9a0a2f6e378d5e0973a8fbb88994db23e83d52be01baba0113bbd7a9c41b4
ssdeep: 12288:RjP36n0QH0QAwMUziwWHTv3mn/mPjm+Zh:B60QHDWwqbm+Zh
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 Microsoft 2012
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: wlnew.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: Microsoft
ProductName: wlnew
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: wlnew
OriginalFilename: wlnew.exe

MSILPerseus.217331 also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004da9ca1 )
DrWeb	Trojan.KillProc.19687
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.LockScreen.Win32.10106
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/LockScreen.4572288b
K7GW	Trojan ( 004da9ca1 )
Cybereason	malicious.6ac767
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/LockScreen.BB
APEX	Malicious
Avast	MSIL:LockScreen-E [Trj]
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.KillProc.fivpql
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Kazy.Edek
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Comodo	Malware@#3trnihhuu0hb5
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34670.ym0@ayeEnti
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
FireEye	Generic.mg.85fee766ac767e2c
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331 (B)
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1117972
Microsoft	Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.217331
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Blocker.R44004
McAfee	Artemis!85FEE766AC76
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	Trojan.KillProc
Rising	Trojan.LockScreen!8.1AF (CLOUD)
Fortinet	MSIL/LockScreen.BB!tr
AVG	MSIL:LockScreen-E [Trj]
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.d8b

How to remove MSILPerseus.217331?

MSILPerseus.217331 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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