About “Strictor.3572” infection

The Strictor.3572 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.3572 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Strictor.3572?

File Info:
name: 79F76C110939B18B29A0.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/55bb395c442d1002ff639dc8e084748f3b0a967a61943ea27f5cbe7cb6a31468
crc32: DEE7E4A3
md5: 79f76c110939b18b29a0766450869956
sha1: 64e596f56f1030ea69d519cb50516474272b3944
sha256: 55bb395c442d1002ff639dc8e084748f3b0a967a61943ea27f5cbe7cb6a31468
sha512: 6baaa6fae73ea4eba9c57e8dad7af85c76edbe19d8dee3ebaf15437fa37ed9158deee06edf53f6f7fd55c570c90c6ac86c8fc344f0eb6b6ff816a02543272a46
ssdeep: 3072:YoO1/RxittW8U8HfQAsI7qPW15B+6ocvC+E:M/RUW8XstW15Bi+E
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1B3D37E105A92CFB6C81112B96420A76741BF3E60B6EFC563E2B9F05BF674B827F36141
sha3_384: 1afa749a4606da116708728497f5799a2bfd5579d481e8555d42b90157841963eabebd816a4d4e385e2571e38bc5b449
ep_bytes: e8071c0000e916feffff8bc18b4c2404
timestamp: 2011-05-17 12:56:13

Version Info:
FileDescription: Host Process For Windows Tasks
FileVersion: 1,1,1,1
InternalName: taskhost.exe
LegalCopyright: Microsoft Corporation
OriginalFilename: 
ProductName: Host Process For Windows Tasks
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Strictor.3572 also known as:

How to remove Strictor.3572?

• 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.