Ransom Trojan

What is “Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A)”?

Malware Removal

The Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A) 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-Ransom.Cerber (A) virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Compression (or decompression)
  • Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (4 unique times)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Creates an excessive number of UDP connection attempts to external IP addresses
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Attempts to modify desktop wallpaper
  • Exhibits behavior characteristic of Cerber ransomware
  • Attempts to execute a binary from a dead or sinkholed URL
  • Writes a potential ransom message to disk
  • EternalBlue behavior
  • Attempts to modify proxy settings
  • Attempts to access Bitcoin/ALTCoin wallets
  • Generates some ICMP traffic
  • Collects information to fingerprint the system
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

api.blockcypher.com
btc.blockr.io
bitaps.com
chain.so
ocsp.digicert.com

How to determine Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A)?


File Info:

crc32: 6A3DFA91
md5: 8c02f4f0e3b15f94edb55f3c0c5afa7e
name: 8C02F4F0E3B15F94EDB55F3C0C5AFA7E.mlw
sha1: f8c085d223f321d75cd39e2f90801231c5e2bcf1
sha256: 5d697dd88f56c96d1871d0213973c9e501f9606445633b4c1034f2f3aa8ce556
sha512: 7091a57c08571c31a51b89cabe9bf9d247515b3950ab86ce1d0d056d227f0905ad0d2d5ee182e9b36265059b9be60e6d8a0e32794389e45824b0dcfd78c64d6a
ssdeep: 6144:V28A9PWXXmzmv8GeFg/18kSEk8r+zjqyuEUiNm:Q8kyXmTS18kSEkGGjtuEUiE
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A) also known as:

BkavW32.AIDetect.malware1
Elasticmalicious (high confidence)
DrWebTrojan.Encoder.10464
MicroWorld-eScanTrojan.GenericKD.4644313
ALYacTrojan.Ransom.Cerber
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLabTrojan.Win32.Zerber.j!c
SangforTrojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
BitDefenderTrojan.GenericKD.4644313
K7GWTrojan ( 005089571 )
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 005089571 )
BitDefenderThetaGen:NN.ZedlaF.34590.cq4@aysPe5b
CyrenW32/Cerber.WJUF-4543
SymantecRansom.Cerber
APEXMalicious
AvastWin32:Malware-gen
ClamAVWin.Ransomware.Cerber-6987218-0
KasperskyTrojan-Ransom.Win32.Zerber.dafp
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.DMKF.emmkvr
ViRobotTrojan.Win32.Z.Cerber.237507.AZ
TencentWin32.Trojan.Raas.Auto
Ad-AwareTrojan.GenericKD.4644313
TACHYONRansom/W32.Cerber.237507
EmsisoftTrojan-Ransom.Cerber (A)
ComodoMalware@#1xk1xy5dm3dvx
F-SecureTrojan.TR/Golroted.iejsd
ZillyaTrojan.GenericKD.Win32.32617
TrendMicroRansom_CERBER.F117CG
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.ICLoader.dc
FireEyeGeneric.mg.8c02f4f0e3b15f94
SophosMal/Cerber-Z
IkarusTrojan-Ransom.Cerber
AviraHEUR/AGEN.1116898
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.Injector
KingsoftWin32.Troj.Generic_a.a.(kcloud)
MicrosoftRansom:Win32/Cerber!rfn
ArcabitTrojan.Generic.D46DDD9
ZoneAlarmTrojan-Ransom.Win32.Zerber.dafp
GDataTrojan.GenericKD.4644313
CynetMalicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3Trojan/Win32.Cerber.R196650
McAfeeArtemis!8C02F4F0E3B1
MAXmalware (ai score=84)
MalwarebytesMalware.AI.3535165494
PandaTrj/CI.A
ESET-NOD32multiple detections
TrendMicro-HouseCallRansom_CERBER.F117CG
RisingRansom.Cerber!8.3058 (CLOUD)
YandexTrojan.Injector!LU2nnlhhDpE
eGambitGeneric.Malware
FortinetW32/Injector.DMKF!tr
WebrootW32.Ransom.Gen
AVGWin32:Malware-gen
Paloaltogeneric.ml
Qihoo-360Win32/Ransom.Cerber.HyoDuIEA

How to remove Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A)?

Trojan-Ransom.Cerber (A) 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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