Should I remove “Trojan.Agent.ESXS”?

The Trojan.Agent.ESXS 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 Trojan.Agent.ESXS virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Creates RWX memory
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• A named pipe was used for inter-process communication
• Expresses interest in specific running processes
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• A process created a hidden window
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Performs some HTTP requests
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• A system process is generating network traffic likely as a result of process injection
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Anomalous binary characteristics

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How to determine Trojan.Agent.ESXS?

File Info:
crc32: 6DFADDB2
md5: 835c0f7d67dec31f810b25c448d177df
name: tmpz2ampfxs
sha1: 18266b7e31f263426aeeb143a2ba5640dd43f00b
sha256: 375c0a96ce801ca565fe4e09d7905c668ae9c8b9adc025b094413fbd1fe071b4
sha512: 571e838255a8042583ab39680e4ea0e2f7180cb4ee59af2a86206c92b669bcd111708ee34aa4eff551fc0e14e7f71d9a2fc202e5c906d53f81175a7e6151e244
ssdeep: 6144:wyYoQTHwJ9v4s5w8CgXrEihrT075tIOe/PygGzk23MOaXF0PCc3V:MeAsPXYirT07EOKF23MOqSaA
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: (C)Qihu 360 Software Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
InternalName: SandboxMain
FileVersion: 8,6,0,1004
ProductName: 360 Sandbox
ProductVersion: 8,6,0,1004
FileDescription: 360 Sandbox
OriginalFilename: SandboxMain.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Trojan.Agent.ESXS also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Agent.ESXS?

• 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.