Trojan.Medfos removal instruction

The Trojan.Medfos 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.Medfos virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Harvests cookies for information gathering
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Trojan.Medfos?

File Info:
name: 7E28FA0964368F5E0AAE.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/61795ac63a086ebaba20c07fea046a98bacd28c40284d532a7f8e27340adb6cdcrc32: C59174D4md5: 7e28fa0964368f5e0aae52da9c6339b7sha1: 0a51560bc6c969445e02ad225f4ce50e2a479b79sha256: 61795ac63a086ebaba20c07fea046a98bacd28c40284d532a7f8e27340adb6cdsha512: dfdb001c616e52b092151622cd99664cfe21a23b751f3357c60ca72e7a6404fc956d06d838efea45653f3427e76b0729050d592a2506aab52a1b1dc98b042805ssdeep: 3072:2ULQg8XUBm+tg4TRh5b/YVr2LtfZ4p/85S4rsZJoAMJp29h:cguUBmiNb/YVKLtZ4a0nZJ8p2rtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1B504D021A269C8F6F58322B0E3719307D1967D21632693C727903F67A9715E2ED33B4Bsha3_384: 01f2b00398773fa209210f46d783cca02336ee6d48610f8005465eeed6e24bd96ee40d8c88df6c23fb62c783578c79ccep_bytes: 6aac6841c50010e83a0000000fb7052ctimestamp: 1997-02-22 07:12:40
Version Info:
CompanyName: PmodeFileDescription: Pmode GraphFileVersion: 15.3.45 09Feb12InternalName: PmodeLegalCopyright: Pmode 1996-2012OriginalFilename: Pmode.exeProductName: Pmode DriverProductVersion: 15.3.45 09Feb12Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Trojan.Medfos also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Medfos?

• 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.