Trojan.Win32.Witch.giw malicious file

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

Reads data out of its own binary image
Drops a binary and executes it
A scripting utility was executed
Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Trojan.Win32.Witch.giw?


File Info:
crc32: E32194FD
md5: a22a19f5b652aaa809924fa166ea6e72
name: A22A19F5B652AAA809924FA166EA6E72.mlw
sha1: 64a995f81f8dea4c9fb99729c8e8b37a47841d2c
sha256: eb9f8587105d2205709774b90b3cfa7af719d767dd3b2c7caf42e36c025f1dce
sha512: 6c8e18d9f59e003a56fb869b0e46e387fd8a450629d215b4317278ab40583c7d4286a8d0b38ff03e533dcdc00352190205468b0a9bf3cbe5359033d8a5c4495a
ssdeep: 196608:91OCV8fW27In5XNGu0R2yjxsaID7jWJkSCWB9gY1k:3OCV8+27k5X9JExo36NCuFy
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.giw also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 00581def1 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop18.46824
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Jaik.48175
Cylance	Unsafe
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Neoreklami.4ae218ca
K7GW	Adware ( 00581def1 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.Neoreklami.LI
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Witch.giw
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@aKs0vlo
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXQG-KA!DC61620972DB
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!A22A19F5B652
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]

How to remove Trojan.Win32.Witch.giw?

Trojan.Win32.Witch.giw 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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I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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