About “Trojan-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae” infection

The Trojan-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae 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-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Creates RWX memory
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• A named pipe was used for inter-process communication
• 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
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• 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
• Checks the CPU name from registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Anomalous binary characteristics

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How to determine Trojan-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae?

File Info:
crc32: 4CCA135E
md5: 98d90f024a8270d8df0058661ed4e173
name: upload_file
sha1: 39015180600f033c742fd0efac99d956e85f09a1
sha256: 9d0be7eed610b2084cbd661930991504c2b348705e19ea8b866d1439ae679893
sha512: 396ded2bb8cd2b3674b6563b87a5da7256a29d28246c7d6be938b324aad201f32337e48b152ac4c8a6e1132e1f84980f22be61aed257ae4e9a4eaf890afe8ef7
ssdeep: 12288:RHGjdirDpv+xNTKptfhLwVSZR0mjiqAqTVc2xrWTv:dHpQOpVhL57uqAUVcarWTv
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2011-2012 CrystalIDEA Software
InternalName: x64helper
FileVersion: 3, 1, 0, 0
CompanyName: CrystalIDEA Software
Comments: Unikstall Tool Helper for x64 systems
ProductName: Unikstall Tool
ProductVersion: 3, 1, 0, 0
FileDescription: Unikstall Tool Helper for x64 systems
OriginalFilename: x64helper.exe
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Trojan-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae also known as:

How to remove Trojan-Banker.Win32.Qbot.xae?

• 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.