Should I remove “Trojan.Foreign.Gen.1”?

The Trojan.Foreign.Gen.1 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.Foreign.Gen.1 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Removes Security and Maintenance icon from Start menu, Taskbar and notifications
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Attempts to identify installed analysis tools by a known file location
• Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a device
• Detects VMware through the presence of a device
• Checks for a known DeepFreeze Frozen State Mutex
• Attempts to disable UAC
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed
• Attempts to modify user notification settings

How to determine Trojan.Foreign.Gen.1?

File Info:
name: E140405A87EDC81E0BA4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/404078cf5cad3283980804472269a027f2d7ec7d07e7bc5110f2b138f996a279crc32: 53B1DB15md5: e140405a87edc81e0ba488c46e075148sha1: 0bc895e8887e27e8e6ae34be0c3a59b270d6818dsha256: 404078cf5cad3283980804472269a027f2d7ec7d07e7bc5110f2b138f996a279sha512: 630560734907d9dde85d71d1b109c6584b805cad6327776822e9a0b74abdec22c3087c45bc430269065f3e87170d9d41acb3253686c269901ca64c62ed4ac2dbssdeep: 3072:SFKSKp7csgSxjiHy/T2yFDMhdI0EIdYTvcAAg0FuA3qYjXRBoIN2gLkM0q:SFs7cLojZT2EghdyDfAOUL9Boq2Q0type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T172349D1172E2C473C0FB123488E7DAB59ABD7C71867246BB23D8373E5E703924992769sha3_384: 917307783877547ebe78e03660d1c67816bbd6bd2c614960b859cd839e0d1059cf6728fc26201e04c70a403aef1be8d6ep_bytes: e8e98f0000e989feffff8bff558bec8btimestamp: 2008-04-19 15:26:29
Version Info:
Comments: www.sopcast.comCompanyName: www.sopcast.comFileDescription: SopCast Main ApplicationFileVersion: 3.9.6.112InternalName: SopCast.exeLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2004 - 2013, SopCast.com.  All rights reserved.OriginalFilename: SopCast.exeProductName: SopCastProductVersion: 3.9.6.112Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Trojan.Foreign.Gen.1 also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Foreign.Gen.1?

• 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.