What is “Spyware.Echelon”?

The Spyware.Echelon 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 Spyware.Echelon virus can do?

Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Spyware.Echelon?


File Info:
crc32: 2406956F
md5: 550b37b4d263f0fcb4e16f999e19a7f8
name: upload_file
sha1: e8598cadf6dc079756ff7e322092c540711c34cc
sha256: 3ccfba4ea524addfcbe7be67231761b6c066e030d25a5ad45d2d20a8d8deb1d1
sha512: bb38ccc6be0286dbe3b84d87274013d722a4a40802021f4712f4e5c2787d1e08275ac15e1a1c8dfda6867d7f8fb7c3003939d66158a6b4ddb8c13dc05915504b
ssdeep: 12288:R0J6OcpFoLiHkB6Hv6aTwD/u6/PmRs9vlL+BkebeKqroEBKvfszILmcPQcPvhJh:R0cuUHCaaf+ZBF6cPQsvXMSEO
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright:  
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
InternalName: paulo.exe
FileVersion: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 0.0.0.0
FileDescription:  
OriginalFilename: paulo.exe

Spyware.Echelon also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.StealerNET.52
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.34358028
FireEye	Generic.mg.550b37b4d263f0fc
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojanpws.Msil
Qihoo-360	Generic/HEUR/QVM03.0.3BC9.Malware.Gen
ALYac	Backdoor.MSIL.Quasar.gen
Cylance	Unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0056c69a1 )
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.34358028
K7GW	Trojan ( 0056c69a1 )
Cybereason	malicious.df6dc0
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R014C0PHF20
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34186.vo0@aqS6zEi
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R014C0PHF20
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Coins.gen
Alibaba	TrojanPSW:MSIL/Kryptik.40b12b49
Rising	Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD)
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.34358028
Comodo	.UnclassifiedMalware@0
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Crypt.XDR.Gen
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.XHV!tr
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Keylogger.AgentTesla
Avira	TR/Crypt.XDR.Gen
MAX	malware (ai score=80)
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D20C430C
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan-PSW.MSIL.Coins.gen
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/AgentTesla.Z!MTB
Cynet	Malicious (score: 85)
McAfee	Artemis!550B37B4D263
Malwarebytes	Spyware.Echelon
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
APEX	Malicious
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.XII
Tencent	Msil.Trojan-qqpass.Qqrob.Ssqt
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
eGambit	Trojan.Generic
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.34358028
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (W)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Spyware.Echelon?

Spyware.Echelon 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.

About the author

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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