Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf (file analysis)

The Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf 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.Witch.ghf virus can do?

Reads data out of its own binary image
Drops a binary and executes it
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf?


File Info:
crc32: 8C272E9A
md5: 10597e092609a03474f96dfe9bdec2f1
name: 10597E092609A03474F96DFE9BDEC2F1.mlw
sha1: 471c67e06653ebf5245ae69b2f5d3d9659320e00
sha256: b2493bc54e93181d07f292a519a1a229eab72398125ea24478390a5be7a05231
sha512: 79a5ad2cf8bb96f8e6caaded9817d949f64eb975a8161581fb00c0a0a7785d7605fd53fd7d62e5bc349a922255298609905a9a0587b522d893dbb59850f8b009
ssdeep: 196608:91OacJLOFhmPjNjUsWoGCHxFz2FUYa0fKLuNM:3O7FOeZHGixh1YacKiM
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov
InternalName: 7zS.sfx
FileVersion: 9.20
CompanyName: Igor Pavlov
ProductName: 7-Zip
ProductVersion: 9.20
FileDescription: 7z Setup SFX
OriginalFilename: 7zS.sfx.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop18.46361
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Cylance	Unsafe
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Witch.ee060255
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.Neoreklami.LI
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34266.@JW@a4nDJsg
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PK421
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXQG-KA!1B5E5271093D
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious SFX
Jiangmin	Trojan.Multi.equ
Avira	ADWARE/Neoreklami.rfuqv
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.34C5C91
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
McAfee	Artemis!10597E092609
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
VBA32	Trojan.Wacatac
Malwarebytes	Adware.Neoreklami
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.88 (RDMK:Tpw/GvSfvteRFFwa0WrjuA)
Ikarus	PUA.Neoreklami
Fortinet	Adware/Neoreklami
AVG	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf?

Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghf 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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