About “Trojan.Win32.Agent.xalwse” infection

The Trojan.Win32.Agent.xalwse 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.Win32.Agent.xalwse virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• At least one process apparently crashed during 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.
• Starts servers listening on 127.0.0.1:0
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• A scripting utility was executed
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Detects Avast Antivirus through the presence of a library
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Creates a hidden or system file
• CAPE detected the OnlyLogger malware family
• Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempts to disable Windows Defender
• Attempts to modify Windows Defender using PowerShell
• Harvests cookies for information gathering
• Attempts to execute suspicious powershell command arguments

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Agent.xalwse?

File Info:
name: 1D543283F9EC5D4F50EF.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3d40b84a655645be67d912399e635a8f2bd779067695cd7128d1e58c084a097e
crc32: F33F1DD1
md5: 1d543283f9ec5d4f50ef1f0725ea4f69
sha1: 027f5652fd121407121e732f8de4c5f45cb4c823
sha256: 3d40b84a655645be67d912399e635a8f2bd779067695cd7128d1e58c084a097e
sha512: 601aeb6ac4fa7ebef7d57f709cb707ba1ba4a1968dab87ab6933c3348a6166b8af8860380781132b9e3ce87c797d386868d8d727e6e43fb22b3330aa50093335
ssdeep: 196608:xlReN0NcJG/9QHUCOE1Ojb48wDo4eSA9Z8ptIP+YSfbep:xWcz/KvTob4rDoaA9Z5Syp
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T12B76335235B6C4F3EBA0C1B24A657FF3457C51EC0621D2ABAB0B98083B3D57A8D6784D
sha3_384: b565896950fad72cef9dd98696410fe6174e972fa759c0cc9b6209ddc9d08ca029a331f284ee19a09bb9232d5151a0a3
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.Win32.Agent.xalwse also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Agent.xalwse?

• 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.