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.

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.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/0b0edc5b083027c318a568dad08f2787b31a1a72558f98ee6d45450ff8e62f83crc32: 6E03C5EBmd5: 2d109725a9f4a8e6ea81dada6c32dd17sha1: 0bed4e2d2863e24ff824daf0f7053f7909da0754sha256: 0b0edc5b083027c318a568dad08f2787b31a1a72558f98ee6d45450ff8e62f83sha512: ffd0cb308ec6ed71892cd8736daa7d0318facc24a741af92aa39569a2a398b49a248fcacfbdc71562c7721578083f551cb07e504003c9b785dcc9e16f76dcb96ssdeep: 98304:CLL7iktzNKTbI4/GE7G/GZtffEpUZjSlXeGTAlE:yZtYT0S7dzfcpdVTAutype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T163F533072CD8C0B9CAB5DA78DDD9E232933772D47660CACF69BDD68015C7165220AFA3sha3_384: 8f8b73cbcdeb287aae9602915af0f7b02946e7e7bb036bab0536fb3332a53205e740cb9809e78265359c4bcf1ba118f9ep_bytes: 558bec83c4c453565733c08945f08945timestamp: 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.