Ransom.GoRans (file analysis)

The Ransom.GoRans 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.GoRans virus can do?

The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Ransom.GoRans?


File Info:
name: 76284161AAF3A683C4CA.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/16c35ec9f66dda1341bb6b0f51b17604885eb35fc2d5ce38e0bc6e2ab3bb0ccd
crc32: 71C0D5EA
md5: 76284161aaf3a683c4ca5b393fc0f347
sha1: 9dd64499de1036e338672e8958f3fe7199135796
sha256: 16c35ec9f66dda1341bb6b0f51b17604885eb35fc2d5ce38e0bc6e2ab3bb0ccd
sha512: 3798f453b161904ca23854f2808bb00d48d877a3317407c6c0489574dfa8b61ecf3dbc16643e311a508999383be3a838a753635f9adfb5d70fc45033c8573383
ssdeep: 98304:J/zH0WzXZjYrL96HopzEcZ1cHcBY1qHIV6tkd0:ZzH0iqwqQyY10tkd
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T167563A50F9EB94F5DA03193014A7A2BF63307D058B29CBD7EA147F6AE877AD10D32219
sha3_384: 5717e196822a8baaeddb95660232fa817144c704a11861df8e8150a1cc27b394f85007b5cb995b6e57e6edf5229bc589
ep_bytes: e9dbdcffffcccccccccccccccccccccc
timestamp: 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ransom.GoRans also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.ClipBanker.tscz
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.64608917
FireEye	Generic.mg.76284161aaf3a683
ALYac	Trojan.Ransom.Filecoder
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Filecoder.Win32.28144
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder.Vgfr
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Filecoder.eb5ecac2
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of WinGo/Filecoder.CO
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder.ch
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.64608917
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder.judbkt
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Filecoder.Mjgl
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.64608917 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/FileCoder.zgxxg
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.64608917
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.th
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.64608917
Jiangmin	Trojan.PSW.Stealer.byg
Avira	TR/FileCoder.zgxxg
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Filecoder
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D3D9DA95
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder.ch
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Trojan-gen.C5341885
McAfee	Artemis!76284161AAF3
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Malwarebytes	Ransom.GoRans
Panda	Trj/RansomGen.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H0CLT22
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.87 (RDML:yjxxv4AA/8ya1hjbYM0bJA)
Ikarus	Trojan-Ransom.FileCrypter
Fortinet	W32/Filecoder.CO!tr
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Ransom.GoRans?

Ransom.GoRans 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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