Should I remove “Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce”?

The Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce 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.Cobalt.hce virus can do?

Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce?


File Info:
name: EE65FE7FF536D17BCC90.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/5b00cd8995fcb3f4482058b4e52966b08b660f0eb84dd5e2cfc6f57a3c551d48
crc32: 3BC0D2B7
md5: ee65fe7ff536d17bcc905124605916b1
sha1: c91bd7179e615a6e1c96a20ca99b90704ec1b299
sha256: 5b00cd8995fcb3f4482058b4e52966b08b660f0eb84dd5e2cfc6f57a3c551d48
sha512: 63389aeee07236625bb9100dafd47cd2ade1a76cff553dbb2872b4f8a4e99fbb195157a6278b41d4eaa960df421827558cef944ef31e910beba86862375b2d2e
ssdeep: 24576:0RHu3QmIE9qWNGsNOAxUVEG8ci3xxrxP35vZEMZBuU1:xQmITWM+WMZBuU1
type: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1A6951816BB9A10B5D16EE1358981B2A136767CA443E23FD70B8573B90F70AD47F3A318
sha3_384: f96724826b5bb3121d701a9150fd11d47104b9d5afcb6c17517f1054b75c547a875ed54853f1eadeb37b3559900163fe
ep_bytes: e99bc8ffffcccccccccccccccccccccc
timestamp: 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
FireEye	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
Cylance	Unsafe
ESET-NOD32	a variant of WinGo/Rozena.AY
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
Avast	Win64:Malware-gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Amvt
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689 (B)
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R035C0WKK21
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
Sophos	CXrep/MalGo-A
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.79689
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1145517
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
McAfee	Artemis!EE65FE7FF536
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Downloader.GO
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R035C0WKK21
Ikarus	Trojan.WinGo.Rozena
Fortinet	W64/Rozena.AQ!tr
AVG	Win64:Malware-gen
Cybereason	malicious.ff536d
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce?

Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.hce 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.

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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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