Troj/Shiz-Gen removal

The Troj/Shiz-Gen 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/Shiz-Gen 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
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• CAPE detected the Simda malware family
• Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Troj/Shiz-Gen?

File Info:
name: 65AA97669818B55A1E8A.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/8aa134cfd7a58e7bf07ea4c6add7981f0c674f787f29f16143b7a470df6d26f9crc32: 3139B7BFmd5: 65aa97669818b55a1e8a1a3dac5efbfasha1: 2fe964f36763e94246eec683c3250837bd3a016fsha256: 8aa134cfd7a58e7bf07ea4c6add7981f0c674f787f29f16143b7a470df6d26f9sha512: 33a8a7f5919cf418da843f3c7fe984af2ae975767d5e95a024433e8d16055ae56f7390766a59f8b8aaecccb41c511caad21ebe21d2f240f8506a8696ec08f76fssdeep: 6144:93EmWPDNND9yRPzLq+YXFqaZiMLic9kzVd7EAC4TSs9EiU:SmWhND9yJz+b1FcMLmp2ATTSsdUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1CE847D21F1C48075E4F51AB095FF7A77156C6969472838E3E798EECA28741F23A3C287sha3_384: 0d4c21091762ad13b0f1ac7c20d3c5de9673b993f1f25607a961e419d4fb56966e761cea6643847c08b7932d8a1fddcaep_bytes: 558bec81ec0c010000535657e87fe4fftimestamp: 2011-08-02 09:26:00
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Troj/Shiz-Gen also known as:

How to remove Troj/Shiz-Gen?

• 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.