Trojan

What is “Trojan.Phishing.AEX”?

Malware Removal

The Trojan.Phishing.AEX 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.Phishing.AEX virus can do?

  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • A potential decoy document was displayed to the user
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Harvests information related to installed mail clients

How to determine Trojan.Phishing.AEX?


File Info:

crc32: A1E82300
md5: 9a90e53fd9e4e39dd9de51af760a5de6
name: upload_file
sha1: 5af8195eb018ad39ce45b0d89842bbddaf263a57
sha256: 04ec0a7780be90c8c067f1a276cec9a4da116a34cf42d11121e50e2ee7d23064
sha512: 2351591018c127f43719c4893354ee8277341fc3556f6a4aee55e2725deeaaa9620bb02f7e886bf2ad65ba73fa64713e9ac4eacf02ae7618707ff65aa1193a61
ssdeep: 12288:WELnLihSgf2/as7NDNDal3rwI4zfgneGdYLoJ:WEKhSgfEa2Nmrt+oJ
type: Composite Document File V2 Document, No summary info

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Trojan.Phishing.AEX also known as:

MicroWorld-eScanTrojan.Phishing.AEX
FireEyeTrojan.Phishing.AEX
ALYacExploit.CVE-2017-11882
AegisLabHacktool.MSOffice.Generic.3!c
SymantecTrojan.Gen.MBT
AvastOther:Malware-gen [Trj]
KasperskyHEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.Generic
BitDefenderTrojan.Phishing.AEX
ViRobotDOC.Z.CVE-2017-1188.514560.A
Ad-AwareExploit.CVE-2017-11882.Gen
EmsisoftTrojan.Phishing.AEX (B)
ComodoMalware@#uqmqszlozby1
F-SecureExploit.EXP/W97M.Agent.fexsl
DrWebExploit.Siggen2.47908
InvinceaTroj/DocExp-AB
McAfee-GW-EditionExploit-GAF!2D4549E66089
SophosTroj/DocExp-AB
AviraEXP/W97M.Agent.fexsl
MAXmalware (ai score=100)
MicrosoftExploit:O97M/CVE-2017-11882.BK!MTB
ArcabitTrojan.Phishing.AEX
ZoneAlarmHEUR:Exploit.MSOffice.Generic
GDataExploit.CVE-2017-11882.Gen
CynetMalicious (score: 85)
McAfeeExploit-GAF!2D4549E66089
TACHYONSuspicious/W97.CVE-2017-11882
ESET-NOD32multiple detections
TencentOffice.Exploit.Generic.Hvsq
IkarusTrojan-Downloader.DOC.Agent
FortinetMSOffice/CVE_2017_11882.C!exploit
AVGOther:Malware-gen [Trj]
Qihoo-360Generic/Trojan.Exploit.ed7

How to remove Trojan.Phishing.AEX?

Trojan.Phishing.AEX 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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