Should I remove “Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghq”?

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

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghq?


File Info:
crc32: F979B795
md5: f4dc5e24b8eac8e2852edff3c63f79a0
name: F4DC5E24B8EAC8E2852EDFF3C63F79A0.mlw
sha1: 75434e3a3d6544402c4e8f79bb9ebb2a4829bfc5
sha256: b823f797888ae4acb7ec2038e56ad95924544b58abe4c1b95ffa8994d2d81099
sha512: 832462ed49ab78a3d5f6818a33b1dfb379efd155f021e046e493f3f8f5f721e54269080cedea8665ba8b56d943c4dd844847d8f1aba33ad36e6c73f74462b983
ssdeep: 196608:91OXDAmt7HXg5HFr7R8jzHJ5DzcfMXGAu:3OcigZFWjzHJVkAu
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.ghq also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Cylance	Unsafe
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Witch.727f37f9
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.Neoreklami.LI
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghq
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.34236.@JW@a8w@SUb
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXQG-KA!82961BCD671D
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious SFX
Jiangmin	Trojan.Multi.equ
Avira	ADWARE/Neoreklami.rfuqv
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win.Generic.C4750024
McAfee	Artemis!F4DC5E24B8EA
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
VBA32	Trojan.Wacatac
Malwarebytes	Adware.Neoreklami
Panda	Trj/CI.A
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.ghq?

Trojan.Win32.Witch.ghq 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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