How to remove “Ransom.946”?

The Ransom.946 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.946 virus can do?

Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Ransom.946?


File Info:
crc32: 18A036CC
md5: 421fc5161d6a5cb7ac7def29dc898abf
name: 421FC5161D6A5CB7AC7DEF29DC898ABF.mlw
sha1: e804a0bfaccdf96515cde5c3a31e3f5b6d611ae3
sha256: cfd70f9cf9dd1924b9b563bda598bc8b8d6d67f3e1cec44608b8377c470314b6
sha512: b84aea721b781975bdf37a86143c75b478c25e57ecc66316d24e74606ee6c561601a5bce47d4570d32a30f2602bc82006ea7cae9371ec1190d48ebb3613e8d0d
ssdeep: 192:GnS94dca40yUboAzD6yeBR9QAHwkMig5ZZvzrpp:GnA4dQ0PGBvHwkZg5Pn/
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2015
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: Agent.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
ProductName: Agent
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: Agent
OriginalFilename: Agent.exe

Ransom.946 also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.MSIL.Blocker.j!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Blocker.Win32.40437
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Alibaba	Ransom:MSIL/Blocker.341dd6e4
Cybereason	malicious.61d6a5
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.MSIL.Blocker.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946
Tencent	Msil.Trojan.Blocker.Oyyp
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946
Comodo	Malware@#3pcmzjdxn6k9s
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34142.am1@ayHJk@h
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
FireEye	Generic.mg.421fc5161d6a5cb7
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira	TR/Blocker.mwfxd
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.2912AED
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Bladabindi!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Ransom.946
McAfee	Artemis!421FC5161D6A
VBA32	TrojanRansom.MSIL.Blocker
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Yandex	Trojan.Blocker!iq3bipBoTRI
Ikarus	Trojan.Blocker
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Blocker!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Ransom.946?

Ransom.946 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.

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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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