About “PUA:Win32/Ymacco” infection

The PUA:Win32/Ymacco 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 PUA:Win32/Ymacco virus can do?

• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine PUA:Win32/Ymacco?

File Info:
name: 5ED72A74E13DDE1C2C54.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/afd38f76e9fde2abafbff484f81accaf756c5f71e282245ea1434082da2129e1
crc32: C4C57248
md5: 5ed72a74e13dde1c2c5414f0ea22399a
sha1: 6af067d4e8d535eeef54a78e48c6aeac9bbae045
sha256: afd38f76e9fde2abafbff484f81accaf756c5f71e282245ea1434082da2129e1
sha512: 9460d1fc7218f5825de9da00966b22236d3819add3bde1507e4b128f137b4cc77a9c13453728e8c34696bafe063591ac831bc9770a76f1c9b6e0423467a2072f
ssdeep: 98304:tB1aqU7vfRmhHDeCSFrf2SykerJIEi1UeXUtqu3Y0T:L1gDfRcHDIDwkerJvcUeXUZ
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1E726333C29147A87D5719AB5261AF471BB2B6B33DFD8CE439261F2DD16120ACC827D0B
sha3_384: 95c6b4c182eb84a4c82b23248f936b30462a77945e75378f626e1b32273b670fb8219be495bcfd59b8099adde0a50cd0
ep_bytes: 558bec81ec780500005356be04010000
timestamp: 1999-04-08 20:24:47

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How to remove PUA:Win32/Ymacco?

• 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.