What is “Ransom.Thanatos”?

The Ransom.Thanatos 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.Thanatos virus can do?

Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Ransom.Thanatos?


File Info:
crc32: B8BC8A9B
md5: 48ea3794091a9f17e12f5c1a90e1f7d7
name: 48EA3794091A9F17E12F5C1A90E1F7D7.mlw
sha1: 1bb17eef59764e84f95b7a5c0aad649b8517ee43
sha256: dcd725c415cebc7df170edf49af18d6f86e76ef75185737de5959405f4aecc56
sha512: 0355be6a2b2cf58d4ca5b11de5f84803240587937cd28d064df20ac38c945352e14c78e21006824114f67ede71be3ab27cc27b05759fc23a1fb8dcfa31a7244f
ssdeep: 3072:otcvKR5Kkzk1s6eKSEqlcRHG9fHdJM9F+f:JoFEqlc09fd6U
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright:  
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: Client-kildef2.exe
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
FileDescription:  
OriginalFilename: Client-kildef2.exe

Ransom.Thanatos also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen
FireEye	Generic.mg.48ea3794091a9f17
McAfee	Ransom-Thanos!48EA3794091A
Malwarebytes	Ransom.Thanatos
AegisLab	Trojan.MSIL.Encoder.j!c
BitDefender	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen
K7GW	Trojan ( 005690201 )
Cybereason	malicious.4091a9
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34780.gm0@a8pnc4l
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.MSIL.Encoder.gen
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/Filecoder.dd9a5a13
Ad-Aware	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.33405
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Bladabindi!ml
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-Ransom.MSIL.Encoder.gen
GData	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.RL_Generic.C4295463
ALYac	Trojan.MSIL.Basic.6.Gen
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Filecoder.Thanos.A
Tencent	Msil.Trojan.Encoder.Pgdm
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_96%
Fortinet	MSIL/Thanos.A!tr.ransom
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Qihoo-360	Generic/Trojan.Ransom.d23

How to remove Ransom.Thanatos?

Ransom.Thanatos 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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