How to remove “Ransom.874”?

The Ransom.874 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 Ransom.874 virus can do?

The executable is compressed using UPX

How to determine Ransom.874?


File Info:
crc32: B89A7094
md5: 4940ebcdc72f202ba944c272740a56be
name: 4940EBCDC72F202BA944C272740A56BE.mlw
sha1: e6ce47034f2432a8982bb072163d0304af57c1ce
sha256: 730dc8c32be928284a6a4c9a8895dab1eda4007da970302c996959ea208dc8ca
sha512: abf115a87f6d20d7d5dfbdec46862aab77b172ed66df6ac0fbedb39fed19c4badcd7157225167d718314d8f2b1ef4dfeaaecb0a283c0e8ee92058551c49616a5
ssdeep: 1536:2hJOX4eXZ7gJqk2kVsqhTrNUlr1CdJAp8gfF9Ryc:ldXGqk8e/NUlMdJlgfFT
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 2018
InternalName: 
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: 
ProductName: CS 1.6
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: CS 1.6
OriginalFilename: cs.exe
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Ransom.874 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
Cylance	Unsafe
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Cyren	W32/Strictor.BW.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Strictor.Pcsm
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
Comodo	Malware@#1esz5akhs8s3n
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34670.jmKfaOdV@Jei
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareHotBar.ct
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874 (B)
Jiangmin	Trojan.Generic.gtdun
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
GData	Gen:Variant.Ransom.874
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C2643177
McAfee	Artemis!4940EBCDC72F
MAX	malware (ai score=95)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Bitrep
Malwarebytes	Malware.Heuristic.1003
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Rising	Trojan.Tiggre!8.ED98 (CLOUD)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!+xA+QmnuZMg
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Ransom.874?

Ransom.874 removal tool

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.

About the author

Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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