Categories: Malware

What is “Symmi.5142”?

The Symmi.5142 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 Symmi.5142 virus can do?

  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Symmi.5142?


File Info:

name: E4130892379F889C32AC.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/aa0c0d34020a2e614a613df76c08740d09264cec21f084a769aff3f049995231crc32: D3C2BA19md5: e4130892379f889c32ac151e0b7d4355sha1: 9eb7828ee8e406ed81070b2f79926d2bd9f61fb1sha256: aa0c0d34020a2e614a613df76c08740d09264cec21f084a769aff3f049995231sha512: 8f9675761a9397730f7ec60fa24f366b1bf874238db2c1e85df5be9dab0eb316b979712fab22794ca5cc1f038dc5ae22829342523f5efca4d94e5730d7d72297ssdeep: 3072:sIjYWOyhB/aYQxwca9EjmAa5MAWKC35AJU0Km4xZqMTwAeK2JjXv:sIqs/gwcaejy+l58U0KeUZbSj/type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1A8141252D5575CF6D98E0BFCC8A5B72D4B7E7EA25CA1C4FCCC810D89A41A30028A8AB5sha3_384: 3001a3121f9b18b7c569d3f5c94bed5a31c7ad6d464f0011d125dfc99f512e6c6a30d45b27517a308454b2814daa41b4ep_bytes: 558bec83c4f0b868424000e8e4f3fffftimestamp: 1992-06-19 22:22:17

Version Info:

CompanyName: ICQ, LLC.FileDescription: ICQFileVersion: 7.8.0.6800InternalName: ICQLegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 1998-2010 ICQ, LLC.LegalTrademarks: OriginalFilename: ICQ.exeProductName: ICQProductVersion: 7.8.0.6800DistId: 30015Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Symmi.5142 also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Zbot.lzwQ
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye Generic.mg.e4130892379f889c
McAfee PWS-Zbot.gen.aow
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Ransomware.B (v)
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Symmi.frlB
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0040f2c31 )
Alibaba VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.9da87a4a
K7GW Trojan ( 0040f2c31 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
VirIT Trojan.Win32.Panda.DOJ
Symantec Packed.Generic.392
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.XYG
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Zbot-62335
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.dglgqt
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Zbot
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142
Avast Win32:Crypt-OAW [Trj]
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.114c0a14
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Kryptik.NEWA@4rfpbi
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Panda.2401
Zillya Trojan.Injector.Win32.151704
TrendMicro TSPY_ZBOT.SM16
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142 (B)
Ikarus Trojan-PWS.Win32.Zbot
GData Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.dxegw
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Avira TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen8
MAX malware (ai score=100)
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.150F52
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Zbot.gr.(kcloud)
Arcabit Trojan.Symmi.D1416
Microsoft PWS:Win32/Zbot!CI
AhnLab-V3 Spyware/Win32.Zbot.R41152
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZelphiF.34212.mG1@a8AZC3ci
ALYac Gen:Variant.Symmi.5142
VBA32 Malware-Cryptor.Inject.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_ZBOT.SM16
Rising Trojan.Generic!8.C3 (CLOUD)
Yandex Trojan.Injector!V8fDumhXklg
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet W32/Injector.WCT!tr
AVG Win32:Crypt-OAW [Trj]
Panda Trj/Velphi.b

How to remove Symmi.5142?

  • 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

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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