Troj/HkMain-AH removal guide

The Troj/HkMain-AH 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.

What Troj/HkMain-AH virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Detects Bochs through the presence of a registry key
• Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Checks the CPU name from registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Accessed credential storage registry keys
• Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Troj/HkMain-AH?

File Info:
name: EB2CA1E5865F6992DE66.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/2d6299ad6108e5e388201de4d4555f39d9cb0666bd8c2c17c0f5c2ae5f9a39f9crc32: 393A71DEmd5: eb2ca1e5865f6992de669475e9859f40sha1: c1a7e4e767aa4a34811faaffc244289c109fb1d4sha256: 2d6299ad6108e5e388201de4d4555f39d9cb0666bd8c2c17c0f5c2ae5f9a39f9sha512: 2a2d2d8601abbef6007b3817bb677dcf789abdcf40918292dd541884af27690cfe6517b61beff77b1b4ed19eea6ff54016d5e9d5cd2d1587bfcaa8a2475cc4bfssdeep: 3072:4gXdZt9P6D3XJcMzE6xwZd7PEdtjtNV6aOET1AX:4e34fzE6xwdIdd3H4type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T195E3029615C05D7BF6D79F305CF36BFB9BB2C08409645A0383A80FAE3D71ACAC609255sha3_384: d00714782580b41b26f217cb95df7fe0332fc6dd1c0d380da5e1fe5a42d538f17c37d6e3344db5a920565657023fb194ep_bytes: 81ec8001000053555633db57895c2418timestamp: 2009-12-05 22:50:52
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Troj/HkMain-AH also known as:

How to remove Troj/HkMain-AH?

• 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.