How to remove “Ransom.Nuke”?

The Ransom.Nuke 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.Nuke virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Ransom.Nuke?


File Info:
crc32: 3F8F4223
md5: 14f777ca1f8c32941d4fe93c91257cfe
name: 14F777CA1F8C32941D4FE93C91257CFE.mlw
sha1: 1322881089596ece4784a1e45eea7f51477376d1
sha256: b7f8c26bc9b3823f350f1fb0919196298086b6fff34945d3820332c244811391
sha512: 0688c2836fa26d52ac9908592c664ba91f23764210c8e07adcb31981e5e9533c9ba01c68416ebd69a3cc47c6bd2414c08c166d5b9b65d8b8913853f17cbdd2e6
ssdeep: 1536:XuHrwPpH+lElvTHDMZHupmW4F6F1WzPnJdE0bba+ZMmMhFkQok:XawRH+EkZO944CzPvE0bO++mUFkQok
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2016
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: Nuke.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: 
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: 
ProductName: Nuke
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: Nuke
OriginalFilename: Nuke.exe

Ransom.Nuke also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop6.60494
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Nuke.1
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.Scatter.Win32.36
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	Ransom:Win32/Scatter.b795cde7
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Cybereason	malicious.a1f8c3
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Filecoder.PadCrypt.C
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky	Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Scatter.dd
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Nuke.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder.ehchty
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Nuke.1
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Scatter.Eadz
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Nuke.1
Sophos	Mal/Generic-R + Troj/Ransom-DVB
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34142.gm0@aOOdeAc
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
TrendMicro	Ransom_NUCLEAR.F116JA
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.nc
FireEye	Generic.mg.14f777ca1f8c3294
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Nuke.1 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	Trojan.Scatter.am
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1105874
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.1BBB19A
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/FileCryptor
GData	MSIL.Trojan-Ransom.PadCrypt.E
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Ransom.C1596808
McAfee	GenericRXPT-PJ!14F777CA1F8C
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
Malwarebytes	Ransom.Nuke
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_NUCLEAR.F116JA
Yandex	Trojan.Scatter!xkmruWJ0Npk
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Filecoder
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Filecoder_PadCrypt.C!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Ransom.Nuke?

Ransom.Nuke 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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