What is “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
• Behavioural detection: Transacted Hollowing
• 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: 9516F35C30FD29FA7D1C.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c96893eb932d226eee0efc19ad243b9bcd4a2017cbcf6c07d4e0d17109c8c353
crc32: 77964840
md5: 9516f35c30fd29fa7d1cacd36374ddeb
sha1: 5323d5226104a0eb26e1fbe787e753aaabab8a3a
sha256: c96893eb932d226eee0efc19ad243b9bcd4a2017cbcf6c07d4e0d17109c8c353
sha512: af49102cbb61696bae19245bc88d0f699da0e9673c0e76683788e5bfcf3cc48fe7648fe54be201423a3ddd95c1fc467697cc79c03fef771d09cb970c4c40a35f
ssdeep: 98304:4GgdaNnnnRVNmjfJW4N66Lyq/jU/ON6SXFIAlE:YdKnPoW4NHLV/j+ON5XFIAu
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T18DF5334DB57DF9B4D02599B88B14723B0EE29ABF1BB4241429E439496EF7C87012D33B
sha3_384: e5fa2f002130f1ed5f66635e6c33e6eabc2af99076b734f2bc870f0ed0f502f35dce2be7882c2841f0f029ea96148b90
ep_bytes: 558bec83c4c453565733c08945f08945
timestamp: 2023-11-28 03:03:07

Version Info:
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName:                                                             
FileDescription: TVLand Setup                                                
FileVersion:                     
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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.