About “Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.aptak” infection

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

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Uses Windows utilities to create a scheduled task
• Behavioural detection: Transacted Hollowing
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.aptak?

File Info:
name: FA21768D3A1999DD5C64.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/d7e27fd1094818a810dad66deb6240fb33c2c14a97807550257d28436120c617
crc32: 7DDA2DFA
md5: fa21768d3a1999dd5c642e5fa330ceb4
sha1: e7e179857afb8e8903cc29f51eb7da68f78e708d
sha256: d7e27fd1094818a810dad66deb6240fb33c2c14a97807550257d28436120c617
sha512: c1effbe01504cd876fa11911672c5dbd22915d72567d9eaa74e7a2a3541665ade2507b356e505f08bcd3a3a9f2e2bf21fdbdaf2edec3b83b917f161ce2ac9d5b
ssdeep: 196608:alvofLYhAplQzUJmuxUb8FZh5y0vGK+9Zd:alvoDYhPkmuBXh5Q59b
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1FF7623602C02DE8FF22018B9CDB0DDBC9D916EBFA082D5117427DA8D5D3D6ECB6949D1
sha3_384: eb39078020cdbc5f1fd94d024885b1c6ae0ae430c3796cd6fef03af55c94d661c7ddcc15d652c27ea3347a294cb72af1
ep_bytes: 558bec83c4c453565733c08945f08945
timestamp: 2023-11-16 15:57:38

Version Info:
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName: Farium team                                                 
FileDescription: Farium Setup                                                
FileVersion:                     
LegalCopyright:                                                                                                     
ProductName: Farium                                                      
ProductVersion:                     
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.aptak also known as:

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.aptak?

• 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.