Categories: Ransom

Should I remove “Ransom.Karo”?

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What Ransom.Karo virus can do?

Executable code extraction
Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (3 unique times)
Creates RWX memory
At least one IP Address, Domain, or File Name was found in a crypto call
Performs some HTTP requests
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
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
Creates a hidden or system file
Creates a copy of itself
Attempts to create or modify system certificates
Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
Collects information to fingerprint the system

Related domains:

dist.torproject.org

apps.identrust.com

How to determine Ransom.Karo?


File Info:
crc32: 1CF7BAF3md5: 4e2273bca8389e2b57077e5e8cbd6f5fname: 4E2273BCA8389E2B57077E5E8CBD6F5F.mlwsha1: 51d4a2db8d10b76f44b08f88db7353d4c8db360csha256: 7f081859ae2b9b59f014669233473921f1cac755f6c6bbd5dcdd3fafbe710000sha512: acc35caed138726d921f3458f8e7a6cfd2e106b5eb3d340005505f2b5076dbda3d62b7efb76ab39facc4358e4c81aafbd0b747b2d505727046b5f8fe051f4c55ssdeep: 12288:VPM2o477B1ei2ePqvL8YSqk6pPBoqQ0ONnV7wIV7uikFg:uu7B1HqvL8YS4zQbNV7wIlubgtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ransom.Karo also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00510dbd1 )
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.TorJok.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.12461
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
CAT-QuickHeal	Ransom.Petya.S1164450
ALYac	Trojan.Ransom.Karo
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.TorJok.Win32.2
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/TorJok.3851402a
K7GW	Trojan ( 00510dbd1 )
Cybereason	malicious.ca8389
Cyren	W32/Trojan.QHTK-3047
Symantec	Ransom.Karo
ESET-NOD32	MSIL/Filecoder.II
Zoner	Trojan.Win32.60472
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
ClamAV	Win.Ransomware.Karo-6331638-1
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.TorJok.k
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Bladabindi.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.TorJok.eqlvii
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.Ransom.720896
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Bladabindi.1
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10ba13ab
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Bladabindi.1
Sophos	Mal/Generic-R + Mal/Karo-A
Comodo	Malware@#2gi4bkvzzfbx
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34796.Sm0@aGTeDlg
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	Ransom_KARO.A
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.bc
FireEye	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Bladabindi.1
Emsisoft	Trojan-Ransom.Karo (A)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	Trojan.TorJok.f
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Avira	TR/FileCoder.cmyva
eGambit	Trojan.Generic
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.20E7522
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Ransome.a.(kcloud)
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/AgentTesla.FW!MTB
SUPERAntiSpyware	Ransom.Karo/Variant
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.7K0X4N
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.FileCryptor.C2019718
McAfee	Generic.acn
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Malwarebytes	Ransom.Karo
Panda	Trj/WLT.C
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_KARO.A
Yandex	Trojan.TorJok!/qWf1FJ2dWw
Ikarus	Trojan-Ransom.Karo
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/TorJok.II!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/Ransom.Filecoder.HwMAEpsA