How to remove “Trojan.DNSChanger”?

The Trojan.DNSChanger 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.DNSChanger virus can do?

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan.DNSChanger?


File Info:
name: C0E6D9F400422F665A77.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/9be3483f3666f9c89c42f7ac1681e3f9afb42a62cab179b215734524482cdb10
crc32: 897F9917
md5: c0e6d9f400422f665a779358c530d7a4
sha1: 1fee689ddb041f0c86e0f1c39fd17580e227ddde
sha256: 9be3483f3666f9c89c42f7ac1681e3f9afb42a62cab179b215734524482cdb10
sha512: 7eca6bb6ae815e2d78fd51bb41f6b40471c37c6c0061acb718712ec1a7494bd9fb146c77c7f9058347a64172a390df09b96b82e4aed8eb80c474725d5e877d4d
ssdeep: 6144:L6W1pm33F+p+PDqbRmk8JCYcOYxFQ0PacWSdv5cHUFOz3+4ZmTmAEkmdLs+fBu/O:L6WvmMp+okfcBFmcNdxcHUFi3+AmTmXZ
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T12FE47C46FF1310F5DC434A300297F76F2BACE271B0A09B6ED6450E25DE671F4AA2E256
sha3_384: 70e01459bc034c05f21a27ef4dbea9360d8e136b1ba49a4e44a2418f32547684c6b44484242568cb0df3be89177f540c
ep_bytes: 83ec1cc7042402000000ff1548b54500
timestamp: 1971-08-12 15:21:44

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Trojan.DNSChanger also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701
FireEye	Generic.mg.c0e6d9f400422f66
McAfee	GenericRXRB-FQ!C0E6D9F40042
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0055a0b81 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0055a0b81 )
Cybereason	malicious.400422
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/DNSChanger.NEA
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Raidon.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Raidon.Syrm
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701
Sophos	ML/PE-A + Mal/Swrort-Y
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.bm
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701 (B)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.DNSChanger
Avira	TR/Redcap.jjfgv
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34062.ROZ@aKH37jo
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Bulz.59701
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.DNSChanger
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H0CL721
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/DNSChanger.NEA!tr
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Panda	Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)

How to remove Trojan.DNSChanger?

Trojan.DNSChanger 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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