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.

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: 51A2722Cmd5: 1035e4ae1306463c49ee69097bf79d7dname: 1035E4AE1306463C49EE69097BF79D7D.mlwsha1: 4bac2e6ec89ce03112ce15ad0e2776cb54c0ee80sha256: 0ba7d87707e5cd53958cb9afd59f1c70b76bad4ba28341e8bdee3d32bf417edbsha512: 51b5a190167ba2f2842e313fd0e2075746ab17b8b406957ab852de6491eb111674d31de6db71e733402befb6fcbf6ebb90e8dec7226a02bdf48cab31211026bbssdeep: 3072:pfKTYqvfkYaJc7/PogAWDixr2TCong6gNKGXi+rEpjT+VQsS:pfKvHkY1GWCiC2VGS+AP1type: 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.