Categories: Malware

Should I remove “PWS:Win32/M2.148”?

The PWS:Win32/M2.148 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:Win32/M2.148 virus can do?

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Reads data out of its own binary image
Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
The executable is compressed using UPX
Authenticode signature is invalid

Related domains:

wpad.local-net

How to determine PWS:Win32/M2.148?


File Info:
name: 359A6AD640B0AA58375B.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/1ebe73f6a657f23028069d3f7fb22b13d8fbe0d9f3eafa7d3bc62c19888c639ecrc32: 2613EB4Emd5: 359a6ad640b0aa58375b2db9a91813fbsha1: 250ed217ec404a261fc27adcd54ef7bfefd674f1sha256: 1ebe73f6a657f23028069d3f7fb22b13d8fbe0d9f3eafa7d3bc62c19888c639esha512: 39ef914553bdcc9b187538c00dc3362425418189c3a62f4c8b0ce8b7491daa519ccd5dc4277c00614b26b9be323a72bc06b89974021ed8261986eea56dc0879fssdeep: 768:WQ4Vcmlp6qXL8wKUHBRBLhjCx/JHRodcwwZ:IlQqb8LCRhhjCx/JHudc1type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T110C2D044FA2DAB56E0243C310D53CE39A1508D3129E7D0FA3AA4FB6F59F8EBD0911B18sha3_384: 6f13e800f2bd3893351ef38e90fd6f0658fb706cb5d938693e7137baa93e2024ce370754781fc3e92dc63f9dcca73783ep_bytes: 60be009040008dbe0080ffff5783cdfftimestamp: 2001-05-19 21:49:15
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

PWS:Win32/M2.148 also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.M2.i!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
FireEye	Generic.mg.359a6ad640b0aa58
McAfee	PWS-M2
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.M2.Win32.32
Alibaba	TrojanPSW:Win32/Hooker.70a76fa8
Cybereason	malicious.640b0a
Cyren	W32/PWS.ZUCN-3231
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	Win32/PSW.M2.148
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	Trojan-PSW.Win32.M2.148
BitDefender	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.M2.djwf
Avast	FileRepMalware
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-qqpass.Qqrob.Lkec
Ad-Aware	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
TACHYON	Trojan/W32.M2.45056
Emsisoft	Trojan.M2.1.4.8 (B)
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.PSW.Hooker.A21@1n9lgf
DrWeb	Trojan.M2.148
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0DKG21
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PWSZbot.mc
Sophos	Mal/Generic-R + Troj/M2-O
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
Jiangmin	Trojan/PSW.M2.148
Webroot	W32.Infostealer.Gen
Avira	TR/Crypt.CFI.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.31406
Arcabit	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.PSW-M2.45056[UPX]
Microsoft	PWS:Win32/M2.148
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.M2.C4556676
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.6C4E084E1D
ALYac	Trojan.M2.1.4.8
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	TrojanPSW.M2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0DKG21
Rising	Trojan.M2.148 (CLASSIC)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!DssUwrQ7Fgs
Ikarus	Trojan-PWS.Win32.Hooker
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Generic.AC.99678!tr
AVG	FileRepMalware
Panda	Trojan Horse.LC
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)