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RiskWare.HWIDChanger removal tips

The RiskWare.HWIDChanger 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.HWIDChanger virus can do?

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid
Harvests cookies for information gathering
Collects information to fingerprint the system

How to determine RiskWare.HWIDChanger?


File Info:
name: E0FDF194B82CBBA450C2.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f24a194db667c431c06046a05fca002e77e55721dbfa15323ab35ded41c8917dcrc32: CFCDBB79md5: e0fdf194b82cbba450c26194131a7c43sha1: 18e76996575c4c08aca4157fe08449568f668fe3sha256: f24a194db667c431c06046a05fca002e77e55721dbfa15323ab35ded41c8917dsha512: 93cf0f53c159bb823c66d2d525d380e33e1ede938eb402413c2aec32b9332e2d81132f81032ae4bf31ac83107c1f1dbac70ce52e9fb21e814811054faa86f1e8ssdeep: 3072:Lv6Ah93+Ay6hWrA2xSV+S9Ck3YXSvomnt9:rHJ+ApolCVCREttype: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windowstlsh: T18FF34B5633E420F8F9738639CD615542FB76B83107208A6F0B644B795F33BA1AD3AB25sha3_384: ef99d262a02a97566ca1e9148ad8359dd6c5dcf5c00487372eb676be38b2cb967e6b281c290f8101ae500df99521626cep_bytes: 4883ec28e8f70400004883c428e972fetimestamp: 2021-10-15 10:04:28
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

RiskWare.HWIDChanger also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Convagent.j!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
FireEye	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
McAfee	Artemis!E0FDF194B82C
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 0057208b1 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 0057208b1 )
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win64/HWIDChanger.B potentially unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WLE21
Paloalto	generic.ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.DelShad.hhy
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
Avast	Win64:Malware-gen
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357 (B)
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WLE21
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win64.Injector.ch
Sophos	Generic PUA BI (PUA)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win64.Meterpreter
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1201707
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
Gridinsoft	Ransom.Win64.Wacatac.sa
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D247A775
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C4830269
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.38250357
VBA32	TrojanRansom.Convagent
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.HWIDChanger
APEX	Malicious
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W64/LockerGoga.30!tr.ransom
AVG	Win64:Malware-gen
Panda	Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)