Should I remove “Ransom.Amnesia”?

The Ransom.Amnesia 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.Amnesia virus can do?

• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• A scripting utility was executed
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Attempts to delete volume shadow copies
• Modifies boot configuration settings
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
• Writes a potential ransom message to disk
• Creates a hidden or system file
• Likely virus infection of existing system binary
• Detects Joe or Anubis Sandboxes through the presence of a file
• Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Clears Windows events or logs
• Creates a copy of itself
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Ransom.Amnesia?

File Info:
crc32: 25659C31
md5: edf0effb206652c1bf709b3427c1ac8c
name: EDF0EFFB206652C1BF709B3427C1AC8C.mlw
sha1: aa810e98d7434892eb6ea4036c78faf862f7b5a7
sha256: 79dec62f6b66eef1ff6e022a0a4decdde4bd72c26ee67e572878da65b9a90550
sha512: 294343e5b081f8d9e05642f2c9f77aa10b21183c86a12a05089e8e4570c10d0306a15ccbdd3755d5bedc058aba25533ed4c7bd2f68f119fc4a5c4fdab077e144
ssdeep: 6144:UK9qhLHhWu/nHx8+Z0U1B8UOWBWzv/tcc5x3ZiCvlg:UbHhWu/HGi938UUjx3ZiKl
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ransom.Amnesia also known as:

How to remove Ransom.Amnesia?

• 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.