Categories: Ransom

Should I remove “Ransom.DarkSide”?

The Ransom.DarkSide 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.DarkSide virus can do?

  • At least one process apparently crashed during execution
  • Executable code extraction
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Attempts to stop active services
  • Crashed cuckoomon during analysis. Report this error to the Github repo.
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Collects information to fingerprint the system
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Ransom.DarkSide?


File Info:

crc32: 2EEF8FCEmd5: 47a4420ad26f60bb6bba5645326fa963name: 47A4420AD26F60BB6BBA5645326FA963.mlwsha1: 7a29a8f5e14da1ce40365849eb59487dbb389d08sha256: 78782fd324bc98a57274bd3fff8f756217c011484ebf6b614060115a699ee134sha512: 08c82585fbab8e090e67e4571f7428bffaf68f9a8c2e34b72f9688205ee880a6435aa813b8845a0b0281c80b78774b969032cc27fc98d3f0e67116dabcf77127ssdeep: 768:bjjeDIax7F3DS4/S9zDCuUSbVydNcxGV1ylfNY23W5:Qx7Fu4/iSrXDTV1yluZ5type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Ransom.DarkSide also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM20.1.96CB.Malware.Gen
Malwarebytes Ransom.DarkSide
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cyren W32/Filecoder.AP.gen!Eldorado
APEX Malicious
Cynet Malicious (score: 90)
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1 (B)
DrWeb Trojan.Encoder.33337
Zillya Trojan.Filecoder.Win32.17246
TrendMicro Ransom.Win32.DARKSIDE.SMYAAK-B
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXNK-MC!47A4420AD26F
FireEye Generic.mg.47a4420ad26f60bb
Sophos ML/PE-A
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Arcabit Trojan.Ransom.RTH.1
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
GData Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.FileCoder.C4338100
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Diple
ALYac Gen:Heur.Ransom.RTH.1
MAX malware (ai score=80)
Cylance Unsafe
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Filecoder.DarkSide.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall Ransom.Win32.DARKSIDE.SMYAAK-B
Rising Trojan.Filecoder!8.68 (TFE:dGZlOgQof9TyHIVLyg)
Ikarus Trojan-Ransom.DarkSide
eGambit Trojan.Generic
Fortinet W32/Filecoder.ODE!tr.ransom
BitDefenderTheta AI:Packer.8B6AD76D1E
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Cybereason malicious.ad26f6

How to remove Ransom.DarkSide?

  • 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.
Paul Valéry

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