About “RiskWare.Launcher” infection

The RiskWare.Launcher 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.Launcher virus can do?

Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine RiskWare.Launcher?


File Info:
name: AA00D73EB4C877EB8E27.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/43d0e93ceac2287e68fb5b9e7d438d941d669d689407ace030df1153fdf7de5f
crc32: C335323B
md5: aa00d73eb4c877eb8e27e42e60c1c9bd
sha1: a340263da71fd706fc1f562c65101aa5ed19cd0c
sha256: 43d0e93ceac2287e68fb5b9e7d438d941d669d689407ace030df1153fdf7de5f
sha512: 7ec119167f433a8afdd3eb4049dff7de3aa30b925556d80ee8719aee61babe2dd9e453f9decca5c1e1582301cbf5a5ecdf317dde7bbcee9e8035b9373c855a21
ssdeep: 49152:jvpDK7bWZHtnOyYogtRe8fv5QcDQXGk5xcaQm:FDK7SZNOyYogtc8fxDmHxca
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T19575C057E172FE28CB3A2FF20068E39597F6742A2B9EC31D68AF01997C851607CD7941
sha3_384: fec42446e858a9dec3f07f15374193ea235366070a272e0f6c5d29788882043db03aa24e2d6d99b0920632c90d0e9dcc
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2022-01-27 11:56:47

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
Comments: ICARUS Phoenix
CompanyName: System Guard
FileDescription: Launcher
FileVersion: 34
InternalName: Launcher.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © System Guard 2022
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: Launcher.exe
ProductName: Launcher
ProductVersion: 34
Assembly Version: 34.0.0.0

RiskWare.Launcher also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160
McAfee	GenericRXRL-VP!AA00D73EB4C8
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.AgentAGen.Win32.1925
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Bandra.xs
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0058d81a1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0058d81a1 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PAU22
Paloalto	generic.ml
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Cerbu-9937862-0
Kaspersky	Trojan-Banker.Win32.Bandra.xs
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160
Avast	Win32:BankerX-gen [Trj]
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160 (B)
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PAU22
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXRL-VP!AA00D73EB4C8
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Agent
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.351C6F3
Microsoft	Trojan:Script/Phonzy.C!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.VP.C4938751
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Lazy.109160
MAX	malware (ai score=83)
Malwarebytes	RiskWare.Launcher
Yandex	Trojan.Agent_AGen!jR7kpbpFIv0
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent_AGen.JT!tr
AVG	Win32:BankerX-gen [Trj]
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A

How to remove RiskWare.Launcher?

RiskWare.Launcher 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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