About “Strictor.178343” infection

The Strictor.178343 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 Strictor.178343 virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Strictor.178343?


File Info:
crc32: 2A84C462
md5: 4e22ed297a2eb216d1bd3d9b9d35e11d
name: 4E22ED297A2EB216D1BD3D9B9D35E11D.mlw
sha1: 02df98adb68540503c6334128b8ee9691ef70d21
sha256: 778ecf610890a58657c826ae10929147f5b6947a4490c008f0c1f92f4f6d58a6
sha512: 1312a0b17d1e0d714d5700ba98c1d00b3e0392157a9069bc163540d04ade51790b26714820344939bafa41850c3a331bcb3ff4bce3c10f7d87d1b76fa06bc2f3
ssdeep: 24576:shCh0hJhphVh4hhhAhzjyq+ET8/VR60Qz39RYhXhAh:shCh0hJhphVh4hhhAhzOq+ETuRM4hXh
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2017
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: lsEV7pPSYZ2.exe
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
CompanyName: 
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: 
ProductName: x41cx435x434 x441x43ax43bx430x434
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
FileDescription: x41cx435x434 x441x43ax43bx430x434
OriginalFilename: lsEV7pPSYZ2.exe

Strictor.178343 also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/starter.ali1000139
Cybereason	malicious.97a2eb
Cyren	W32/Msil_Kryptik.CAS.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.ABPF
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Kaspersky	UDS:Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34758.@m0@aKhao!j
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R06CC0DFM21
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fc
FireEye	Generic.mg.4e22ed297a2eb216
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	Trojan.MSIL.lpvd
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/AgentTesla.BOQ!MTB
Arcabit	Trojan.Strictor.D2B8A7
GData	Gen:Variant.Strictor.178343
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.AgentTesla.R419186
McAfee	Artemis!4E22ED297A2E
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Malwarebytes	MachineLearning/Anomalous.97%
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R06CC0DFM21
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.ABOZ!tr
AVG	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Strictor.178343?

Strictor.178343 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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