About “Ransom.Prometheus.1” infection

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: E16B2BAE3E58B8BB474F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/80a649d2234fb4ec421e51ad68d9cd2442e3c2bb2448331f47653f6b1eed27ce
crc32: 6ED231ED
md5: e16b2bae3e58b8bb474f62ea1b2dc08d
sha1: 41547d9b30b904991d76f525feda0a24a14447ee
sha256: 80a649d2234fb4ec421e51ad68d9cd2442e3c2bb2448331f47653f6b1eed27ce
sha512: 3c7a145d1fc68ad01f160154554490157ef564c0f6ae7547941e852638de3cc20dd221667be32fb2c94fd624bd88a16cd2faff86ebbfa8287afe6386d03d99af
ssdeep: 49152:rEYznjiEmtQS0X5kzhHo+zc48v6AsJ/e:rJnhhX5y1T8+
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T187A5BE067E44CE11F0181633C2EF4A5847B4A951AAA6E33B7DFA336E55123A77C0D9CB
sha3_384: c1fafd2e220e07d292163e50e93c879c9abdea2be6cd8267bfa48b66690b68030d5526cfa389ceed6807564bdf2a1cb7
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2022-07-24 15:13:08

Version Info:
ProductName: D9B53Pv2uoPsb8
CompanyName: A3heER6hzEtjE
InternalName: YGvTlG8JbdOJFKrAWrKqCEi.exe
LegalCopyright: qJHTR1YolGHwrRE1w1
Comments: DO5M
OriginalFilename: MllBufzTpK3p9g15Nhw8CBu.exe
ProductVersion: 966.203.70.501
FileVersion: 264.135.847.54
Translation: 0x0409 0x0514

Ransom.Prometheus.1 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware.CS
tehtris	Generic.Malware
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.DCRat.S29707587
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vc
McAfee	Trojan-FUJL!E16B2BAE3E58
Malwarebytes	Generic.Spyware.Stealer.DDS
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Spyware ( 0058ec321 )
K7GW	Spyware ( 0058ec321 )
Cybereason	malicious.b30b90
Arcabit	Trojan.Ransom.Prometheus.1
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.MSIL_Heur.A
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Spy.Agent.DTP
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Basic-9952747-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Avast	Win32:RATX-gen [Trj]
Tencent	Backdoor.MSIL.Stealer.11025419
Sophos	Troj/DCRat-N
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1323984
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.StealerNET.124
Zillya	Trojan.BasicGen.Win32.4
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Injector
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1323984
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Spy]/MSIL.Stealer
Kingsoft	malware.kb.c.972
Microsoft	Backdoor:MSIL/DCRat!MTB
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen
GData	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Varist	W32/MSIL_Agent.LQ.gen!Eldorado
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.FUJL.C5130705
Acronis	suspicious
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.36680.as0@aWqnlaii
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Prometheus.1
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Rising	Backdoor.DCRat!8.129D9 (TFE:dGZlOg17w21gZmgvxA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.DVA!tr
AVG	Win32:RATX-gen [Trj]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

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.

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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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