Should I remove “Trojan.DownloadAssistant.Generic”?

The Trojan.DownloadAssistant.Generic 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.DownloadAssistant.Generic virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• 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
• Uses Windows utilities to create a scheduled task
• Created a service that was not started
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Trojan.DownloadAssistant.Generic?

File Info:
name: 2D109725A9F4A8E6EA81.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/0b0edc5b083027c318a568dad08f2787b31a1a72558f98ee6d45450ff8e62f83
crc32: 6E03C5EB
md5: 2d109725a9f4a8e6ea81dada6c32dd17
sha1: 0bed4e2d2863e24ff824daf0f7053f7909da0754
sha256: 0b0edc5b083027c318a568dad08f2787b31a1a72558f98ee6d45450ff8e62f83
sha512: ffd0cb308ec6ed71892cd8736daa7d0318facc24a741af92aa39569a2a398b49a248fcacfbdc71562c7721578083f551cb07e504003c9b785dcc9e16f76dcb96
ssdeep: 98304:CLL7iktzNKTbI4/GE7G/GZtffEpUZjSlXeGTAlE:yZtYT0S7dzfcpdVTAu
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T163F533072CD8C0B9CAB5DA78DDD9E232933772D47660CACF69BDD68015C7165220AFA3
sha3_384: 8f8b73cbcdeb287aae9602915af0f7b02946e7e7bb036bab0536fb3332a53205e740cb9809e78265359c4bcf1ba118f9
ep_bytes: 558bec83c4c453565733c08945f08945
timestamp: 2023-11-27 19:57:56

Version Info:
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName:                                                             
FileDescription: TVLand Setup                                                
FileVersion:                     
LegalCopyright:                                                                                                     
ProductName: TVLand                                                      
ProductVersion:                     
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Trojan.DownloadAssistant.Generic also known as:

How to remove Trojan.DownloadAssistant.Generic?

• 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.