About “Ransom:Win32/Saturn.A” infection

The Ransom:Win32/Saturn.A 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:Win32/Saturn.A virus can do?

• At least one process apparently crashed during execution
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• A process created a hidden window
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Attempts to delete volume shadow copies
• Attempts to stop active services
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Modifies boot configuration settings
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
• Writes a potential ransom message to disk
• Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Checks the system manufacturer, likely for anti-virtualization
• Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
• Clears Windows events or logs
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Ransom:Win32/Saturn.A?

File Info:
crc32: 5958A98Bmd5: 00c8fc7c0d4d184d97364540cbc82a8bname: 00C8FC7C0D4D184D97364540CBC82A8B.mlwsha1: 2aa27c56862a93e504478a0125a47fa53c3ec3ccsha256: 7a7e5830338f01160ed2513f8363c88cfe790f0ae4dbe9830b8cd1b3ea9d02acsha512: 34b2d9084bd78c6fb92f3f4802c965fe938ec320f30c58052ce30602f85002dd7640728b706c37eb434f6e644cbb1cce4342de02150e27452943f4f279fc138assdeep: 6144:0uZxZGtwChvHoGIXTKydJcTXdeGE89jSR+GF70:XtNC5ITXTKA+b5jSRrtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Ransom:Win32/Saturn.A also known as:

How to remove Ransom:Win32/Saturn.A?

• 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.