Should I remove “Ransom.Prometheus.1”?

The Ransom.Prometheus.1 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.Prometheus.1 virus can do?

The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Ransom.Prometheus.1?


File Info:
name: 1D937583DFF3A8825C92.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a22f4e1b78cc6c2a12db7ad79abe667bfa39a2563f8c33a2018b052f6c340bd8
crc32: 48F163F7
md5: 1d937583dff3a8825c92c30dfa6bb475
sha1: dd178067639eb947e59349fd63e78fd2da412e77
sha256: a22f4e1b78cc6c2a12db7ad79abe667bfa39a2563f8c33a2018b052f6c340bd8
sha512: 3900a58ff7519bab9acbbcebc841461da67a7623e25a00efeeeeb74cf74f17b4bf1ff8160ecb219580140681a342e4340f58b191f388b4a188628131dd307d08
ssdeep: 49152:5xH/vjAjxrp0wb6Bka0jvbpznuY05nlDuPW1uY:THcjxt0wb6qrjNzkP6PquY
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1C995AD017E44CA52F0085233C2FF455847BAA9916AE6E31BBDBA337E25513E77C0D9CA
sha3_384: 96ec4849f8fafe2004bc0e40f0599aae914d1b63d43a86259b7ad21d39cd4fac56216b795d129f62ef7466e13d2ac950
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2022-07-24 15:13:08

Version Info:
ProductName: t9fKTC48DaK7w8imC5
CompanyName: WLwS9TJQVh
InternalName: KcXG8KZuLOx0nFJLgqu6CzVC.exe
LegalCopyright: Ckg1JvpTPqYaU
Comments: Wq
OriginalFilename: zEdUfMmHymmlcqqU.exe
ProductVersion: 84.656.657.407
FileVersion: 87.400.55.778
Translation: 0x0409 0x0514

Ransom.Prometheus.1 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware.CS
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.DCRat.S29707587
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.AgentTesla.tc
McAfee	Trojan-FUJL!1D937583DFF3
Malwarebytes	Generic.Spyware.Stealer.DDS
Zillya	Trojan.BasicGen.Win32.4
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005b0c8c1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005b0c8c1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Arcabit	Trojan.Ransom.Prometheus.1
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.GenusT.DGTR
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Spy.Agent.DTP
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Uztuby-9957322-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Avast	Win32:RATX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Backdoor.MSIL.Stealer.11025419
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1 (B)
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1323984
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.StealerNET.124
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
FireEye	Generic.mg.1d937583dff3a882
Sophos	Troj/DCRat-N
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Injector
Varist	W32/MSIL_Agent.LQ.gen!Eldorado
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1323984
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Spy]/MSIL.Stealer
Microsoft	Backdoor:MSIL/DCRat!MTB
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen
GData	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.FUJL.C5130705
Acronis	suspicious
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.36802.9r0@a0pnymji
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
MAX	malware (ai score=88)
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Rising	Backdoor.DCRat!8.129D9 (TFE:dGZlOg17w21gZmgvxA)
Yandex	TrojanSpy.Agent!imhNB5Dy8vA
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.DVA!tr
AVG	Win32:RATX-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.3dff3a
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
alibabacloud	Backdoor:MSIL/Dcrat.A

How to remove Ransom.Prometheus.1?

Ransom.Prometheus.1 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.

About the author

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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