Categories: PUA

How to remove “PUP.Optional.Thunder”?

The PUP.Optional.Thunder 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 PUP.Optional.Thunder virus can do?

Executable code extraction
Creates RWX memory
At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.

How to determine PUP.Optional.Thunder?


File Info:
crc32: 99F4B97Bmd5: c31af8a3f6a1b0e1aca5110f88082bacname: C31AF8A3F6A1B0E1ACA5110F88082BAC.mlwsha1: 7b633b0b3c259677051a4d94320ff751a18546f2sha256: 24bf6776cb4b6bd86601647182a7edc3d8e623da1ff87ad104460af1518a376fsha512: b0133c39f9e7e551ff0c495718bf18f8c3a084aed870a69fd2d3f19a10a829ae23473711d1f9ecd40e3d2d52e32091c8b10a377564d4020c3570d39c2cd22958ssdeep: 3072:3bVvoKfxrIQ6AOwMEDhj7YlTb0roSvoEHNHLj/wx7h8EKAi93JdiUTQYHZbja:rVhdIQ6AOwMYVtZ+tCEKn95dP5bjtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2016Assembly Version: 1.0.0.695InternalName: install.exeFileVersion: 1.0.0.695ProductVersion: 1.0.0.695FileDescription:  OriginalFilename: install.exe

PUP.Optional.Thunder also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004dc58d1 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Tool.Bundler.Win32.29369
Sangfor	PUP.Win32.Amonetize.8
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Alibaba	AdWare:MSIL/Amonetize.04dd251d
K7GW	Adware ( 004dc58d1 )
Cybereason	malicious.3f6a1b
Cyren	W32/S-524e6fcc!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Amonetize.AF potentially unwanted
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Susppack-9881847-0
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Agent.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Amonetize.fiunyv
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Generic.Suxe
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74
Sophos	Generic PUA HL (PUA)
Comodo	Application.MSIL.Amonetize.AF@67z1tc
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34266.km0@au!e6ek
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.cc
FireEye	Generic.mg.c31af8a3f6a1b0e1
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Avira	ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.1713CB3
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Generic_a.a.(kcloud)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.Amonetize/Variant
GData	Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.74
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Generic.R173258
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Artemis!C31AF8A3F6A1
MAX	malware (ai score=75)
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.Thunder
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Yandex	PUA.Agent!69iMxKo9J0o
Ikarus	not-a-virus:AdWare.Amonetize
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
AVG	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Paloalto	generic.ml