Should I remove “NSIS/Injector.VS”?

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

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Reads data out of its own binary image
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine NSIS/Injector.VS?


File Info:
name: 81B4114D9E738EA4F699.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/ae4738e6cccdc14f07bd11bf591f297b62febb36804dbd70dbc47e7f51d90f8e
crc32: E6BC0738
md5: 81b4114d9e738ea4f6996522c86b99bb
sha1: d534d935f3dfe833bd11ba8222630b6200f6513b
sha256: ae4738e6cccdc14f07bd11bf591f297b62febb36804dbd70dbc47e7f51d90f8e
sha512: 3ed78fa8b9a828a2b272979fb02f07e073c99887e522a5791f6a90e9dea80ceb29dba8cad11c1a3e48c14d7da123ca26eafc56d8f9a3c236f17c18959e577ccc
ssdeep: 3072:mM1BjoYNXoKDIJBXJPWWZ9EHsGqGkh9ld4Uhq2tP+j13qinLRT:mMMYNXqBBNZAsG2llf+joinR
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T103D301623BDA80BBF51347721B7747A8D2BA9300553294CB2B19AFBD6C35683920F5C3
sha3_384: 279355fe6fe3bdbf61b1a18ebe144de5eeba5859aaa0420ddd7021b4a0d1b1edd409a2d2079d2da47edc92c91f485cea
ep_bytes: 81ec8401000053555633db57895c2418
timestamp: 2014-10-07 04:40:10

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

NSIS/Injector.VS also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
FireEye	Generic.mg.81b4114d9e738ea4
McAfee	Artemis!81B4114D9E73
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Generic.ky
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00517a8b1 )
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Injector.fb6c8c79
K7GW	Trojan ( 00517a8b1 )
Cybereason	malicious.5f3dfe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.YMGI-4260
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32	NSIS/Injector.VS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0RB622
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Cerber-9773143-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
SUPERAntiSpyware	Ransom.CryptoLocker/Variant
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Eadg
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0RB622
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.cc
Sophos	Mal/Generic-R + Mal/Cerber-Z
Paloalto	generic.ml
Gridinsoft	Ransom.Win32.Wacatac.sa
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Ymacco.AAAE
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.RL_Zerber.R283225
VBA32	Trojan.Wacatac
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.2716138777
APEX	Malicious
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
eGambit	Generic.Malware
Fortinet	NSIS/Injector.VS!tr
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Panda	Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)

How to remove NSIS/Injector.VS?

NSIS/Injector.VS 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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