What is “Perl/Shellbot.NAK”?

The Perl/Shellbot.NAK 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.

What Perl/Shellbot.NAK virus can do?

• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• A potential decoy document was displayed to the user
• Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Perl/Shellbot.NAK?

File Info:
crc32: 75FF3EB1md5: 4644c123c994744f4042222a22f1b33fname: tmp_rqi2ha4sha1: e861fc02b451e223ec042b35904c7fd3472f100esha256: e7deaa42c57249a7a925b31c9e5f9d18073556906bf930d178c30b76ee4aea63sha512: 64cf5fd992ab8fb5d057c4937a59e6ac880ef0f4663ec2814fdcf5018f4d0f4d623b7b5b8f134058227f56f39b2e43267cc06cb414fa2e6f75256b7a22ac68c6ssdeep: 768:73UgGAAMROJ3KbZcUMoEGZYFu+tVwU1LKCoEKh:7M/MNEtVwU1LgEKhtype: Perl script, ASCII text executable, with very long lines
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Perl/Shellbot.NAK also known as:

How to remove Perl/Shellbot.NAK?

• 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.