About “Ransom.Scarab” infection

The Ransom.Scarab 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.Scarab virus can do?

• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• A scripting utility was executed
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Attempts to delete volume shadow copies
• Modifies boot configuration settings
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
• Writes a potential ransom message to disk
• Clears Windows events or logs
• Creates a copy of itself
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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How to determine Ransom.Scarab?

File Info:
crc32: 51A2722C
md5: 1035e4ae1306463c49ee69097bf79d7d
name: 1035E4AE1306463C49EE69097BF79D7D.mlw
sha1: 4bac2e6ec89ce03112ce15ad0e2776cb54c0ee80
sha256: 0ba7d87707e5cd53958cb9afd59f1c70b76bad4ba28341e8bdee3d32bf417edb
sha512: 51b5a190167ba2f2842e313fd0e2075746ab17b8b406957ab852de6491eb111674d31de6db71e733402befb6fcbf6ebb90e8dec7226a02bdf48cab31211026bb
ssdeep: 3072:pfKTYqvfkYaJc7/PogAWDixr2TCong6gNKGXi+rEpjT+VQsS:pfKvHkY1GWCiC2VGS+AP1
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ransom.Scarab also known as:

How to remove Ransom.Scarab?

• 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.