Categories: Malware

What is “Troj/AutoG-KC”?

The Troj/AutoG-KC 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 Troj/AutoG-KC virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
  • Enumerates running processes
  • Expresses interest in specific running processes
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Attempts to modify proxy settings
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Troj/AutoG-KC?


File Info:

name: B6CA8FDFD9C35B1637E8.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/cb41ebd43dfee8add8f5470a1363e3409f221f6826c1d76b4ff47971ae2d13c8crc32: B70E3069md5: b6ca8fdfd9c35b1637e8efe1897de36dsha1: d3278cb31a94ab9743068493a4a3d0284ad17802sha256: cb41ebd43dfee8add8f5470a1363e3409f221f6826c1d76b4ff47971ae2d13c8sha512: a1f58b888bca96fd712d9a2fa5795f4a7e27802543c9950dcee130c461ac5ae1e40c3eae0da8cf9eae1e1ad2249e1ba876347184ebbf29dce769ea9cde63dcc8ssdeep: 6144:RncEnioNqlyhNNioCIuGu0r3mLtfnFlwu1sJ+zfNtKvvRXZoBl/i:Hql+NNlvDmLtfnFlwjU7Prhtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T11F747C1177E0C476C26631724A67D7B566AABC709E35938B7BD03B3EDE301D19A2830Esha3_384: 87d2b3647bc48c28c8f31f80d8524e61b013adab7e77493db46a73f5d6492c10b21c6b7cfc33f9029487a3081b02fd06ep_bytes: e85b6c0000e978feffff6a0c68d8eb43timestamp: 2020-11-17 22:25:56

Version Info:

FileDescription: jrtObserverPatternDemo MFC ApplFileVersion: 1, 0, 0InternalName: jrtObserverPatLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 200OriginalFilename: jrtObserverPatternDemProductName: jrtObserverPatternDemo AppProductVersion: 1, 0, 0Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Troj/AutoG-KC also known as:

Lionic Trojan.Win32.Emotet.L!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.Emotet.1081
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci
FireEye Generic.mg.b6ca8fdfd9c35b16
McAfee Emotet-FSF!B6CA8FDFD9C3
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Emotet.Win32.58372
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Emotet.403e241a
K7GW Trojan ( 005736e01 )
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005736e01 )
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34084.vq0@aae11Kci
Cyren W32/Emotet.AXK.gen!Eldorado
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Emotet.CB
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:BankerX-gen [Trj]
ClamAV Win.Dropper.Emotet-9797783-0
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan-Banker.Win32.Emotet.gen
BitDefender Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Emotet.icewdk
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Emotet
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10ce2536
Ad-Aware Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci
TACHYON Trojan/W32.EmotetU.350208
Sophos Troj/AutoG-KC
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro TrojanSpy.Win32.EMOTET.SMD4.hp
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Emotet.fh
Emsisoft Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci (B)
Paloalto generic.ml
GData Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci
Jiangmin Trojan.Banker.Emotet.poe
Avira TR/AD.Emotet.fqy
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.3100302
Gridinsoft Ransom.Win32.Wacatac.sa
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Emotet.350208.A
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Emotet.C4228381
VBA32 BScope.TrojanBanker.Emotet
ALYac Trojan.EmotetU.Gen.vq0@jae11Kci
MAX malware (ai score=85)
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack
TrendMicro-HouseCall TrojanSpy.Win32.EMOTET.SMD4.hp
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.95 (RDML:fy24cexeLTyowl+2h1c4Zg)
Yandex Trojan.Emotet!ZNpgxxbqCrY
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.11417434.susgen
Fortinet W32/BankerX.5CC7!tr
AVG Win32:BankerX-gen [Trj]
Cybereason malicious.fd9c35
Panda Trj/Emotet.C

How to remove Troj/AutoG-KC?

  • 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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