About “PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz” infection

The PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz 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 PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Anomalous .NET characteristics
• Compiles .NET code into an executable and executes it
• CAPE detected the shellcode patterns malware family
• Detects Bochs through the presence of a registry key
• Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz?

File Info:
name: 971E8511837351BEF0D5.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3981cb7013085153598b4ef580d55b1e38d412dd7c6a410563fd1cd448247c29
crc32: 95CAAB8D
md5: 971e8511837351bef0d55c51763d176a
sha1: 0a7669ddc93f555f55b9feee7075f4bd751429db
sha256: 3981cb7013085153598b4ef580d55b1e38d412dd7c6a410563fd1cd448247c29
sha512: b975c24d308a56ad86925a774baa0f31541b9ef5edf9870788f68d9c77285913b8206c9447b8f3c7b2b005c137eacf0970cc5e6ead408df2a0b30c8ea5062a00
ssdeep: 1536:tPy58Vdy0MochZDsC8Kl/99Z242UdIAkn3jKZPjoYaoQtC6O9//n18W:tPy58An7N041Qqhg29/R
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T13873BF15AE810D08E7F80B3205EC36CA06BFFB4EE67057CE5D2E65986B37B9059E0764
sha3_384: ace4d4fd3121cc438d8d5c8c1b3c4d71d0ace1be2739e6982c5942586c3e3078b807d10ac0d531ba8ac7a5a33e7b5dce
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2020-07-13 17:51:22

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
FileDescription:  
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: tmp8DFC.tmp.exe
LegalCopyright:  
OriginalFilename: tmp8DFC.tmp.exe
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0

PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz also known as:

How to remove PWS:MSIL/Mintluks!pz?

• 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.