Trojan

Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou removal

Malware Removal

The Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou 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.Cossta.alou virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (2 unique times)
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
  • Installs Tor on the infected machine
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Attempts to modify proxy settings
  • Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

www.vulcanusalumni.net
www.eu-japan.eu
ocsp.digicert.com
www.aviafilm.com.ua
crl3.digicert.com
crl4.digicert.com
www.yahoo.com
www.globo.com
www.msn.com
www.terra.com.br
ocsp.pki.goog
www.ip-adress.com

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou?


File Info:

crc32: 6E915620
md5: bc926a36c4598a8662da6fab041ea207
name: BC926A36C4598A8662DA6FAB041EA207.mlw
sha1: 40083b786c5d5668d9b264de3274e96782b1303b
sha256: b9a365eeb8473d0bbf0c8ea750de068fac4cbf33534986c5b9be18b33da7ad5e
sha512: 4b497b478a75ea5d663e30d50dc61f29d025ebf03e120194940bb2f0845a7c0f539cb84921e4d44ab2cf3a9eec7d2f4ed8a07a34824cf357e2d6735111cf3786
ssdeep: 24576:yO7yuTQ957pVvHikKDxhWNcp8JMfoxHJYYx+herEtq:y6yu3gqoxHJYLheW
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0
InternalName: a
FileVersion: 1.00
CompanyName: owzosp
ProductName: tynpyu
ProductVersion: 1.00
OriginalFilename: a.exe

Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou also known as:

BkavW32.AIDetect.malware2
K7AntiVirusSpyware ( 0048cc791 )
LionicTrojan.Win32.Cossta.4!c
Elasticmalicious (high confidence)
DrWebBACKDOOR.Trojan
ClamAVWin.Trojan.Dialog-9873788-0
CAT-QuickHealTrojan.CosstaVMF.S20098061
ALYacGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1
CylanceUnsafe
ZillyaTrojan.Cossta.Win32.10399
SangforTrojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
AlibabaTrojanSpy:Win32/Cossta.363ef958
K7GWSpyware ( 0048cc791 )
Cybereasonmalicious.6c4598
SymantecTrojan.Gen.MBT
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Spy.Bancos.AAO
APEXMalicious
AvastWin32:GenMalicious-XO [Trj]
KasperskyTrojan.Win32.Cossta.alou
BitDefenderGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.Cossta.fkmjpu
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1
TencentMalware.Win32.Gencirc.114cf840
Ad-AwareGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1
SophosMal/Generic-S
ComodoTrojWare.Win32.TrojanSpy.Bancos.KHO@5rvpl2
BitDefenderThetaAI:Packer.ED9B416520
VIPRELooksLike.Win32.Malware!vb (v)
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dm
FireEyeGeneric.mg.bc926a36c4598a86
EmsisoftGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1 (B)
SentinelOneStatic AI – Suspicious PE
JiangminTrojan.Cossta.xv
AviraTR/ATRAPS.Gen2
MicrosoftTrojan:Win32/Occamy.C
ArcabitTrojan.PonyStealer.MLT.1
ZoneAlarmTrojan.Win32.Cossta.alou
GDataGen:Heur.PonyStealer.MLT.1
AhnLab-V3Trojan/Win32.Cossta.C2641244
McAfeeArtemis!BC926A36C459
MAXmalware (ai score=83)
VBA32Trojan.Cossta
MalwarebytesTrojan.Banker
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen
YandexTrojan.GenAsa!mK1fh9obrmo
IkarusTrojan.Win32.Cossta
FortinetW32/Cossta.ALOU!tr
AVGWin32:GenMalicious-XO [Trj]
Paloaltogeneric.ml
Qihoo-360Win32/Ransom.FRS.HgIASQwA

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou?

Trojan.Win32.Cossta.alou 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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