Should I remove “Troj/Steal-ALC”?

The Troj/Steal-ALC 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/Steal-ALC virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Troj/Steal-ALC?


File Info:
crc32: D998955E
md5: 5efa626c63896bee1816482cc3c03f3c
name: Payment Receipt.exe
sha1: b9b6fdc03dfc4ba983e4bcf6a689d750aa7feb7f
sha256: 34835ff5a99d333a86d2fe7770cf4ab6612b1385d7d69d99272e96f084527237
sha512: 98d9840e7941b3ac7eff82cd82ce05179046db38e3f98995a0820ee1bab371a8dd8663acc6f0c645e1d9eed7d7105425c48a2f9eaed611c66c5dc6f9ae7231ac
ssdeep: 12288:Ip4EcmZHAFaxmVmie9bngPK5/0MVK88Y6nE3TcIYRWoSAKPZQaaEhWq20EtZsao:y4EcmZHAFaxmVmie9bngP9MVKjG3XoS
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9  2017-2012 MDG
Assembly Version: 2.7.55.0
InternalName: xp8.exe
FileVersion: 2.7.53.0
CompanyName: Medical Lab gent
LegalTrademarks: 
Comments: CPE200 Lab1
ProductName: CPE200 Lab1
ProductVersion: 2.7.53.0
FileDescription: CPE200 Lab1
OriginalFilename: xp8.exe

Troj/Steal-ALC also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262
FireEye	Generic.mg.5efa626c63896bee
McAfee	RDN/Generic.grp
Cylance	Unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLab	Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
Sangfor	Malware
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0056c9dc1 )
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262
K7GW	Trojan ( 0056c9dc1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Invincea	heuristic
Cyren	W32/MSIL_Kryptik.BKS.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.gen
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/Taskun.7a3745e0
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Genkryptik.496640.A
Rising	Trojan.GenKryptik!8.AA55 (CLOUD)
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262 (B)
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Genome.agent@0
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Dropper.MSIL.othct
DrWeb	Trojan.PackedNET.405
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R044C0RHI20
Sophos	Troj/Steal-ALC
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Avira	TR/Dropper.MSIL.othct
MAX	malware (ai score=88)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D29A7E1E
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Taskun.gen
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Kryptik.R348105
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34186.Em0@aSbxwAj
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.43679262
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Malwarebytes	Trojan.MalPack
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.XJA
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R044C0RHI20
Tencent	Msil.Trojan.Taskun.Tbta
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	MSIL/GenKryptik.EQMX!tr
AVG	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Avast	Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Qihoo-360	Generic/Trojan.477

How to remove Troj/Steal-ALC?

Troj/Steal-ALC removal tool

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.

About the author

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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