Categories: Risk

What is “RiskWare.KMS”?

The RiskWare.KMS 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.KMS virus can do?

  • Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • A scripting utility was executed
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
a.tomx.xyz

How to determine RiskWare.KMS?


File Info:

crc32: F44EA548md5: 3e4e6091833b5b343142199f591d9fc2name: HEU_KMS_Activator_v19.6.0.exesha1: c8da3112aec96c69874b08a34e9adb7245babde3sha256: 99f37be737f2a1d0cfe958cc65fde94c310689d59304845c6e9a882bb75c08a7sha512: 0f8c4c1aa612c0fc00c3383017a41b013f7ab483a685c1d2c0ad48d28da7274c5532915d6a7c34dc7a22fcde26aa4825d8dae5c0e010e29d99362858a172926cssdeep: 98304:f8sjkLiaEUfyTaD4Wu+29lZMea7B0zmFldv+QHI4/Lulf2UU:RjzaEUfX45+eR8HZl3LUUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: xa92012-2019 www.heu8.com & x77e5x5f7cx800cx77e5x5df1InternalName: HEU_KMS_Activator_v19.6.0FileVersion: 19.6.0.0CompanyName: x77e5x5f7cx800cx77e5x5df1Comments: x672cx5730KMSx6fc0x6d3b/Win10x6570x5b57x6743x5229x6fc0x6d3b/KMS38x6fc0x6d3bProductname: HEU KMS ActivatorProductVersion: 19.6.0.0FileDescription: HEU KMS Activatorx2122OriginalFilename: HEU_KMS_Activator_v19.6.0Translation: 0x0804 0x04b0

RiskWare.KMS also known as:

DrWeb Trojan.StartPage1.22693
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
FireEye Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.HacktoolWin32Autokms
McAfee Artemis!3E4E6091833B
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Sangfor Malware
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 700000111 )
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
K7GW Trojan ( 700000111 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_70% (W)
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaE.34100.cqW@amh5jdd
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
GData Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
Kaspersky HackTool.Win32.HackKMS.m
Alibaba HackTool:Win32/HackKMS.a0bf88db
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.HackKMS.geintq
AegisLab Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!e
Tencent Win32.Hacktool.Hackkms.Llrq
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
Sophos Generic PUA MI (PUA)
Comodo Malware@#3w1bgv342jh0
Invincea heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.TrojanAitInject.tc
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482 (B)
Ikarus PUA.HackKMS
Cyren W32/Trojan.JNIV-7679
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Arcabit Trojan.Strictor.D35572
ZoneAlarm HackTool.Win32.HackKMS.m
Microsoft HackTool:Win32/AutoKMS
AhnLab-V3 HackTool/Win32.AutoKMS.C3501244
Acronis suspicious
ALYac Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
MAX malware (ai score=88)
VBA32 Trojan.StartPage
Malwarebytes RiskWare.KMS
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/RiskWare.HackTool.WinActivator.B
Rising PUA.Presenoker!8.F608 (CLOUD)
Fortinet W32/Generic_PUA_EJ.BA
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Strictor.218482
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto generic.ml
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.74581811.susgen

How to remove RiskWare.KMS?

  • 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.
Paul Valéry

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