Categories: Trojan

Trojan.Qshell removal

The Trojan.Qshell 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.Qshell virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Queries information on disks, possibly for anti-virtualization
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan.Qshell?


File Info:

crc32: 6D35C412md5: 7e8b9cf70707293f8950b2151a3c16f4name: 7E8B9CF70707293F8950B2151A3C16F4.mlwsha1: c925e491311dc75e2c8a7c05d7deb608c95b4e51sha256: 3e6612264ae84cddf04379c1a1df09197cbf88f9103c825457c837fcdef69887sha512: 6059abc60ecd8f67dc4d80a189aa9b8631204dc7b38936f3ee0735eb3030ceefb08fba14a492978afe2191fd35ac17c705317dc5c83a216bce23b0b58533630cssdeep: 12288:Bz4ubZCXMtdUKat+YH7/yJ2je3rojGvB/WaEYvW0:pjOMtd1a/yl3KOjbtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 1997-2017 Simon Tatham.InternalName: PSFTPFileVersion: Release 0.68CompanyName: Simon TathamProductName: PuTTY suiteProductVersion: Release 0.68FileDescription: Command-line interactive SFTP clientOriginalFilename: PSFTPTranslation: 0x0809 0x04b0

Trojan.Qshell also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005746321 )
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Banker1.36727
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Qshell
ALYac Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Qshell.Win32.5
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Dridex.d5aff5a2
K7GW Trojan ( 005746321 )
Cybereason malicious.707072
Cyren W32/Trojan.SNHH-0017
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.HHYV
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Qshell.pef
BitDefender Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Qshell.idhocd
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10ceac0b
Ad-Aware Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O
Sophos Mal/Generic-R + Mal/EncPk-APV
Comodo Malware@#1hvxos3jqfs8x
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34170.Jy1@aeoJo!hi
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.hh
FireEye Generic.mg.7e8b9cf70707293f
Emsisoft Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin Trojan.Qshell.id
Avira TR/Crypt.Agent.mfbto
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.3107576
Kingsoft Win32.Heur.KVMH008.a.(kcloud)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Dridex.NA!MTB
Gridinsoft Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.oa!s1
GData Trojan.Mint.Zamg.O
TACHYON Trojan/W32.Qshell.579589
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win.Dridex.R432381
Acronis suspicious
McAfee GenericRXPM-KH!7E8B9CF70707
MAX malware (ai score=87)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Jorik
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack.VAK
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0DIL21
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDML:L0WEhjKO5u1x5cRjbyJAow)
Yandex Trojan.Qshell!f4LpkobODOY
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Crypt
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.1728101.susgen
Fortinet W32/Kryptik.HIJR!tr
AVG Win32:PWSX-gen [Trj]
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove Trojan.Qshell?

  • 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.
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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