Trojan

What is “Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood”?

Malware Removal

The Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood 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.Ekstak.ahood virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood?


File Info:

crc32: 398B128F
md5: 4de9e3baeaefe86a956253a92eff1ffa
name: 4DE9E3BAEAEFE86A956253A92EFF1FFA.mlw
sha1: 9de9e87a4288cddd067d9e33eac4218814a78429
sha256: 12b6d3814a7c25bcd23d5aed263af9255339ea9de97c32818716ee0fbfa9f4a6
sha512: 43e60d5b18ed88292cbc95a550805ecf3ddd9b27b724b8926b5b9f1d7416b21e40c601903441e886344c53a75d4d9510e664451fa295b949db8726ed8a94820d
ssdeep: 393216:SFFI7DSgv2/qtLwodhZKU3cumCLqK9W+FgLoch:SF+7eg86qU3cDCOsFgLoch
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright:
FileVersion: 1.0.0.4
CompanyName: HOME International Network Limited.
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
ProductName: HOME Partition Assistant
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.4
FileDescription: HOME Partition Assistant
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood also known as:

K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 005722f11 )
Elasticmalicious (high confidence)
DrWebTrojan.Zadved.1661
CylanceUnsafe
AlibabaTrojanDropper:Win32/Ekstak.d1863be8
K7GWTrojan ( 005722f11 )
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/TrojanDropper.Agent.SLC
APEXMalicious
AvastWin32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
KasperskyTrojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.tc
JiangminTrojan.Ekstak.bnpt
AviraHEUR/AGEN.1140093
MicrosoftTrojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
McAfeeArtemis!4DE9E3BAEAEF
MalwarebytesAdware.DownloadAssistant
IkarusTrojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent
FortinetRiskware/Ekstak
AVGWin32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood?

Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.ahood 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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