How to remove “NetCat (PUA)”?

The NetCat (PUA) 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 NetCat (PUA) virus can do?

How to determine NetCat (PUA)?


File Info:
crc32: D02E335B
md5: 870088afa0d206625b95617c6803013c
name: 870088AFA0D206625B95617C6803013C.mlw
sha1: 5c58211cb68a0c5bd3f550a68819f49cbf4cc445
sha256: 5aa132e77383de0cfe45d78d290c9eecb092ee0614dd7d051a2836a6bbd40308
sha512: 20abbf02c81de2683dc0eae3ea2f355140bcf450b6779469586ddfaeafebd74810744ea611bd2e7282fe482b97e2a583bf5db0ea1a49d7f91ffb45c1d58738c3
ssdeep: 1536:8HJg1OAEuxWhXTmNquG9L0RT/ADGRMlu:8HJlAEuxAWqu3ZMlu
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

NetCat (PUA) also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004eb1441 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
CMC	Generic.Win32.870088afa0!MD
McAfee	Tool-NetCat.g
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.RemoteAdmin.Win32.8
Sangfor	PUP.Win32.Vigua.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Alibaba	RiskWare:Win32/NetCat.73b64691
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004eb1441 )
Cyren	W32/Tool.YWJJ-5647
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	Win32/RemoteAdmin.NetCat potentially unsafe
Zoner	Trojan.Win32.38913
Avast	FileRepMalware [PUP]
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat.a
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.RemoteAdmin.eijmmb
ViRobot	Adware.NetCat.61440.AM
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.NetCat/Variant
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10b4d2de
Sophos	NetCat (PUA)
Comodo	ApplicUnsaf.Win32.RemoteAdmin.NetCat.g@1miisx
F-Secure	Riskware:W32/NetCat
VIPRE	Netcat (not malicious)
McAfee-GW-Edition	Tool-NetCat.g
FireEye	Generic.mg.870088afa0d20662
Jiangmin	Trojan/VulnWatch.a
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Avira	SPR/NetCat.A
eGambit	Generic.Malware
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[RemoteAdmin]/Win32.NetCat.a
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.NetCat.(kcloud)
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Vigua.A
AegisLab	Riskware.Win32.NetCat.1!c
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat.a
AhnLab-V3	Win-AppCare/NTSniff_v111.61440
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.2922473951
Panda	Hacktool/NetCat.B
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.14B784CD (C64:YzY0OufHMUloeYRV)
Yandex	Riskware.RemoteAdmin!FQYofPRwv54
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.1934784.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/NetCat
AVG	FileRepMalware [PUP]
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Generic.HgIASOcA

How to remove NetCat (PUA)?

NetCat (PUA) 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.

About the author

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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