About “Ransom.Ekans” infection

The Ransom.Ekans 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.

What Ransom.Ekans virus can do?

• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
• Performs some HTTP requests
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Attempts to stop active services
• Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup

How to determine Ransom.Ekans?

File Info:
crc32: 3CA12B95md5: 853358339279b590fb1c40c3dc0cdb72name: cpt.datsha1: 84825801eac21a8d6eb060ddd8a0cd902dcead25sha256: ca154fa6ff0d1ebc786b4ea89cefae022e05497d095c2391331f24113aa31e3csha512: 8c84d526d35e9e74848eb062a9332f7eadb4566fb5bdea05a87120a48b9fc38caa6883e16aec7ff0c3c4237930a4e2d2657164f663294097a0e2b698e2d7c46dssdeep: 24576:iX2a9xmONW3KfIJxp7tgrdSh6AuMAG9y0wc0txzcvmgbC4z+4:im4xxDfIjp7+Rs6AuFG9ypxAmHtype: MS-DOS executable, MZ for MS-DOS
Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2019InternalName: cpt.exeFileVersion: 1.0.0.1CompanyName: TODO: 5SS5C ProductName: TODO: 5SS5C EncoderProductVersion: 1.0.0.1FileDescription: TODO:  5SS5C EncoderOriginalFilename: cpt.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Ransom.Ekans also known as:

How to remove Ransom.Ekans?

• 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.