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
• 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: 12FE8E0E669A766E905B.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/5786aff8e9cec146c71b320543f5536224edb6287e56777605b7ac62b3a5a1f0
crc32: 9B36C3AF
md5: 12fe8e0e669a766e905b565048d669ef
sha1: 7ead800ff49a4d4fd6b13e98d1e57b16cbfff74d
sha256: 5786aff8e9cec146c71b320543f5536224edb6287e56777605b7ac62b3a5a1f0
sha512: a2146c65984a81526f265f16fcd6ce35d2406371dccc1963125ae051dd23b0d0948a47e679acd34f834cd8ef8b4d8729ef3c201dc3fcc05c2b0740607372b420
ssdeep: 98304:5GgdaNnnnRVNmjfJW4N66Lyq/jU/ON6SXFIAlE:PdKnPoW4NHLV/j+ON5XFIAu
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T163F5334DB47DF9B4D02599B88B14723B0EE29ABF1BB4241429E439496EF7C87012D33B
sha3_384: 39290ed2c563586361970e73be64de1c3dcb0c2be7521df2e3532e3072346b25a9ca3ff0b4d3fdc499ddf8bff8b18b22
ep_bytes: 558bec83c4c453565733c08945f08945
timestamp: 2023-11-28 02:42:19

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.