NSIS/Injector.AEC removal

The NSIS/Injector.AEC 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 NSIS/Injector.AEC virus can do?

Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine NSIS/Injector.AEC?


File Info:
crc32: B00D9B8D
md5: dd025aed17887cbb7b046ab673d9988e
name: DD025AED17887CBB7B046AB673D9988E.mlw
sha1: a64e8cadb7227538f4782522a1f5faf3a9f7c7ef
sha256: 6ff07c834d11aae092c206cca6aa8f323f88f974ebac957893ddcc2852076450
sha512: ee33be1ec188eae648040445d47f3dcdfa20e916d9ee709b6161947060564bed8be95ccb8e3c1bacedeee4ab65149b185e9ec86ef8017b8090ccafca03836024
ssdeep: 3072:Rw4gnScGuDI2dcbkGdNfpLBbIYt/3TXdwEUOIs5:Rz2qkq95Vx3Zoq5
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.VSInstaller
FileVersion: 1.15.3224
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Visual Studio
ProductVersion: 1.15.3224
FileDescription: Visual Studio Installer
OriginalFilename: vs_installer.exe
Translation: 0x0000 0x04e4

NSIS/Injector.AEC also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005409151 )
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop8.57931
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Generic.Win32.864132
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Gandcrab.S
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Gandcrab.6c49f007
K7GW	Trojan ( 005409151 )
Cybereason	malicious.d17887
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	NSIS/Injector.AEC
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Drop.fjzllx
SUPERAntiSpyware	Ransom.GandCrab/Variant
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Wrgc
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Comodo	Malware@#2tpluxdh8warx
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.cc
FireEye	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000 (B)
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1127501
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Gandcrab.S!MTB
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.40740000
McAfee	Artemis!DD025AED1788
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent.NSIS
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Rising	Trojan.Injector/NSIS!1.BFBB (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.NSIS.Injector
Fortinet	W32/Injector.AFV!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove NSIS/Injector.AEC?

NSIS/Injector.AEC 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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