How to remove “Trojan.Mokes”?

The Trojan.Mokes 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.Mokes virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• At least one process apparently crashed during execution
• Scheduled file move on reboot detected
• Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Anomalous file deletion behavior detected (10+)
• Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• HTTPS urls from behavior.
• Enumerates running processes
• Expresses interest in specific running processes
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• A process created a hidden window
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Executed a very long command line or script command which may be indicative of chained commands or obfuscation
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Multiple direct IP connections
• DNS query to a paste site or service detected
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Looks up the external IP address
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• A scripting utility was executed
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Detects Avast Antivirus through the presence of a library
• Tries to suspend Cuckoo threads to prevent logging of malicious activity
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task by a long amount of time.
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• Collects and encrypts information about the computer likely to send to C2 server
• Network activity contains more than one unique useragent.
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Writes a potential ransom message to disk
• A process sent information about the computer to a remote location.
• A script process created a new process
• Forces a created process to be the child of an unrelated process
• Creates a hidden or system file
• CAPE detected the OnlyLogger malware family
• Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Appears to use command line obfuscation
• A script or command line contains a long continuous string indicative of obfuscation
• Attempts to disable Windows Defender
• Attempts to modify Windows Defender using PowerShell
• Harvests cookies for information gathering
• Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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How to determine Trojan.Mokes?

File Info:
name: 57c36d5532ea57368c7981f3
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/57c36d5532ea57368c7981f36eab77c4abb6e93c702f4a857131e452bce28d9e
crc32: 7669F52C
md5: a8c7db160e90a10bd623ae0496f78660
sha1: b789c4ea75384cb72dbce3068261af1efa16567d
sha256: 57c36d5532ea57368c7981f36eab77c4abb6e93c702f4a857131e452bce28d9e
sha512: e19c54e66f4db25dc097349edfe9a41e940a81fb103d12abed07d037eb237781d4fc5c89cfaeb7a4cfee4d0d81d30b0ec310651643fec3a857e581d664a2e0b5
ssdeep: 393216:xKdghIOeoLkn4G7Yg6bt/yiJP7b3dzxG/XNYxtqoxYG3:MdghN1lGQxyiJTGvlyP3
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T18EE6333BB1F391F6D72DA3B1A51D0EE9913E0A8017B55E6B330C554D6321EE0D22ED8A
sha3_384: 6562936906e2a4c2f4319f0064f5f4c2cda8c58570db46d347bbe643d3a3cbde787cc01a45ca828d37c6f7f1878d9b72
ep_bytes: 558bec6aff6898c24100680691410064
timestamp: 2019-02-21 16:00:00

Version Info:
CompanyName: Igor Pavlov
FileDescription: 7z Setup SFX
FileVersion: 19.00
InternalName: 7zS.sfx
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov
OriginalFilename: 7zS.sfx.exe
ProductName: 7-Zip
ProductVersion: 19.00
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Trojan.Mokes also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Mokes?

• 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.