Categories: Malware

Should I remove “PWS:Win32/Zbot.ALX”?

The PWS:Win32/Zbot.ALX 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/Zbot.ALX virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
Sample contains Overlay data
Reads data out of its own binary image
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine PWS:Win32/Zbot.ALX?


File Info:
name: BEFFFA97C44C92AC3AF4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/bacb09474a2caa0b0d0033d37335c827b76f28892e244723102fe54ad8eb9e7ccrc32: 7075CE1Amd5: befffa97c44c92ac3af4f8b50c85f27asha1: cae181f7aa32ef48065c9491d950be89b6c50fd3sha256: bacb09474a2caa0b0d0033d37335c827b76f28892e244723102fe54ad8eb9e7csha512: 322d3a0512a73c294e42b7bdfdde6f5d40d402a953174f1af27ab3085c8b3096b7f5516035a515bf2e7b9fe4cc48e183531e01647797aa3226e0858ba5bc7827ssdeep: 6144:5WN6qaVJZ7a5h8HzFsncPUId4fjLUHopekm8keD7FudTxL:5WKTO5cPUyYPOokkm874Tptype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T19E64018163AA9772DA116BF514927B4413F63BE22703D16EBFECA1D61D623E31430E4Bsha3_384: 3ae82edcfeb5f116a10b7cfe5ace63362687805fd48396ec1c8dced094fab790006d31dcb266eb62a5a4b0cb44a8150eep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2014-10-02 10:15:39
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0Comments: MSGKpKcXGQcFileDescription: MSGKpKcXGQcFileVersion: 435.534.978.345InternalName: HKuYDkSLE.exeLegalCopyright: (C) MSGKpKcXGQcOriginalFilename: HKuYDkSLE.exeProductVersion: 435.534.978.345Assembly Version: 435.534.978.345

PWS:Win32/Zbot.ALX also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware.CS
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Inject.DN3
Skyhigh	GenericR-CXD!BEFFFA97C44C
ALYac	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
K7GW	Trojan ( 700000121 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 700000121 )
Baidu	MSIL.Trojan.Injector.a
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.Zbot.OOX
Symantec	Packed.Generic.480
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Injector.FPH
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Inject.dkjkpz
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.114c3e97
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Inject.smuk
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Panda.5676
Zillya	Trojan.Inject.Win32.98001
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.befffa97c44c92ac
Sophos	Troj/Msil-ANY
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	Backdoor/Androm.euz
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Google	Detected
Avira	TR/Inject.smuk
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Inject
Kingsoft	malware.kb.c.1000
Microsoft	PWS:Win32/Zbot.ALX
Xcitium	TrojWare.MSIL.Injector.DAW@5nrcj0
Arcabit	Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
GData	Gen:Trojan.Mardom.MN.9
Varist	W32/MSIL_Troj.DU.gen!Eldorado
McAfee	GenericR-CXD!BEFFFA97C44C
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.413562368
Panda	Trj/Zbot.AA
Rising	Malware.FakePDF/ICON!1.9C3A (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Inject
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Injector.GAP!tr
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.36744.tm2@aaCJRvk
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.7aa32e
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]