What is “RiskWare.Agent.GO”?

The RiskWare.Agent.GO 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 RiskWare.Agent.GO 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 RiskWare.Agent.GO?


File Info:
name: 17DE3211BA4C96E1E2B1.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/a166861c3cfab8174a9a995cdf659c155fea6e64997575f37d930c1c1fd7b652
crc32: 8A886380
md5: 17de3211ba4c96e1e2b190a8297874f3
sha1: 094981936ba52aa0c40e1ffaee05d3fde25c6709
sha256: a166861c3cfab8174a9a995cdf659c155fea6e64997575f37d930c1c1fd7b652
sha512: ec0cec14d939739043cc559514fe0937f8cf76cb151bf74876d6ad3d274b2409b8690f1fae8e323debf113cde3a8bf8aaa0ec71967322ae1ceda25509879889b
ssdeep: 49152:U6BdFwKkpGdvnHjd9w8q1MP4VQEy+aocCCqjmAEzxfbQ9H:U6BdFDFvjd9r4VQEPXjmAsdbaH
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T198F57C51FC9B54B2EE42153218A792EF2334AD0A5F31DBC7DA087F7EE8375910932299
sha3_384: fce6975dc9180526f8ef2d55a9366abfa1b3021453425341169bb3a4bdfdbb4f51bcb0625b66e3a1369fdede09e545c9
ep_bytes: e98bddffffcccccccccccccccccccccc
timestamp: 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

RiskWare.Agent.GO also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader45.37515
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Agent
McAfee	Artemis!17DE3211BA4C
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.Agent.GO
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Agent.Vfd1
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.wh
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Avira	TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Wacatac
ViRobot	Trojan.Win.Z.Agent.3450880.A
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C5375559
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.98 (RDML:etYxsX4IN+1BgDDZqpr4tQ)
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove RiskWare.Agent.GO?

RiskWare.Agent.GO 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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