Trojan.Lightning.B removal guide

The Trojan.Lightning.B 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.Lightning.B virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Trojan.Lightning.B?


File Info:
name: 22D3B1DC1795B7647C21.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/baec3debf779ae8c2114e8c687c314c06e4e61e9d3353492057b490b92a606a9
crc32: D3DB7998
md5: 22d3b1dc1795b7647c21a3e91cef0622
sha1: 3c9f9e5a32c5c77c7357c81595d5f7aaa46820c7
sha256: baec3debf779ae8c2114e8c687c314c06e4e61e9d3353492057b490b92a606a9
sha512: a0f91a770959da5727c53afc2cc0d3b7ad6ac14bd27b73b4428e05b2a19eac951aac9934326e2bb159b1c94b88b254e648cb5ab9db605554048680176d36bb81
ssdeep: 192:RStaRkOO1tQ31MwAZHYxSVj4FZusD3Wyf3l9xBLbrraIk0Y:x3O1g6wAZHYx8jAZusD3WySIN
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1F1728262FA3D9911F34D49B22F3787FA1916BC313A515A1B248AFF8D2D332415806B2F
sha3_384: 4c561e30c0153567853552a17377d245b9bf1e508df0a167f8d029f7e0653b3c288b173e4041e62a553d777a2436c5dd
ep_bytes: 68d8134000e8f0ffffff000000000000
timestamp: 1999-07-13 14:59:23

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0
CompanyName: Digital -------
ProductName: PROJECT1
FileVersion: 1.00
ProductVersion: 1.00
InternalName: Project1
OriginalFilename: Project1.exe

Trojan.Lightning.B also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Lightning.4!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Lightning.B
FireEye	Trojan.Lightning.B
ALYac	Trojan.Lightning.B
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Backdoor.Win32.Newheur.Vsa5
Alibaba	Backdoor:Win32/NewHeur.3be601a5
K7GW	Trojan ( 00509fa81 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00509fa81 )
Arcabit	Trojan.Lightning.B
Cyren	W32/ABRisk.LNKB-6845
Symantec	W32.IRCBot
ESET-NOD32	a variant of NewHeur_VB_Backdoor.41
APEX	Malicious
BitDefender	Trojan.Lightning.B
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.VB.jsqygy
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Tencent	Win32.Backdoor.Vb.Nsmw
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Lightning.B
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
VIPRE	Trojan.Lightning.B
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.Lightning.B (B)
Google	Detected
Avira	BDS/VB.Agent.vtoxz
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
GData	Trojan.Lightning.B
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
McAfee	Artemis!22D3B1DC1795
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H09IQ22
Rising	Trojan.Undefined!8.1327C (CLOUD)
Ikarus	Trojan.NewHeur_VB_Backdoor
Fortinet	W32/PossibleThreat
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Cybereason	malicious.c1795b
Panda	Trj/Chgt.AD

How to remove Trojan.Lightning.B?

Trojan.Lightning.B removal tool

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.

About the author

Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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