About “Trojan.Emotet.Generic” infection

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

• Executable code extraction
• Creates RWX memory
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• Expresses interest in specific running processes
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Deletes its original binary from disk
• Attempts to remove evidence of file being downloaded from the Internet
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Creates a copy of itself
• Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan.Emotet.Generic?

File Info:
crc32: 80847FE5
md5: 6cdf6ef92a59050560a1d93105ad3197
name: jJzhKgExrQegqryqRUF.exe
sha1: 5543555fa5cdd4bda8536487b7848400ebb786b5
sha256: 57c5f9ad230edffd90d10fa648f99819aab588cd67dfb68ba9dfec4045b4b5b8
sha512: 92ea715a24e370ccee82598d508450ecff47dbb50beb51dc6c7a1547ad43d23311c9217eaa468f61b8f5b0eed44437edcb68470d62f85918955d1319093cd195
ssdeep: 3072:skgyzbBp52B0ym2O7kXi42TFI57Z2kgn9UnOp9ygrQlQA0u1xRoLh9zveZ:s9Ytp52B0Taif+0Uny0louPIjzveZ
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Trojan.Emotet.Generic also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Emotet.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.