Trojan:MSIL/Confuser information

The Trojan:MSIL/Confuser 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:MSIL/Confuser virus can do?

.NET file is packed/obfuscated with Confuser
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Trojan:MSIL/Confuser?


File Info:
name: A37CB8A18432E4ECF250.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/1160b12c8a4ced39cfb94cd531200d459e4ff8b8a455f661e7f1397318a9e202
crc32: 2A978055
md5: a37cb8a18432e4ecf25018edfa6543a9
sha1: cec8616ea461a5859fbaa0af7e4a7b0d746c3728
sha256: 1160b12c8a4ced39cfb94cd531200d459e4ff8b8a455f661e7f1397318a9e202
sha512: f82d01d04552a42e36b1b2349a3f87a3a37f17224a5dd4c88ea5f5990d10682f49505bd8f5ae6a341d70679d395ecfeadef147974450c61d89fd59716508f5f8
ssdeep: 6144:52BC+MfXkjrb1wp1IwXUCXhP0YC8sYIUuZpzhCt8i5b45Tllca0BRhpiwr:52QXKrxwp1IXchPnQYIUEpzhU45h+ziw
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T182542346AEA5D13BCAFBA33D0D73C46819E593637821EF2AF106738176E9B812019347
sha3_384: 711270ce645256c6f59fe7054f8d187f7f10b157f2c628372a79b6cdc2eaf64c776040a92b5da683b82192994345f5b9
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2018-10-18 17:59:50

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
FileDescription: Coleta
FileVersion: 2.1.0.0
InternalName: PSRunner_4.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2016
OriginalFilename: PSRunner_4.exe
ProductVersion: 2.1.0.0
Assembly Version: 2.1.0.0

Trojan:MSIL/Confuser also known as:

Bkav	W32.Common.569C6F1B
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275
FireEye	Generic.mg.a37cb8a18432e4ec
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	TrojanDropper:Win32/Generic.bc164195
Cybereason	malicious.ea461a
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.MSIL_Heur.A
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Dropper.Gen
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Trojan.Dropper
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D3F6A713
ViRobot	Trojan.Win.Z.Dropper.302080
Microsoft	Trojan:MSIL/Confuser
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.RL_Generic.C4246338
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZemsilF.36662.sm0@aiYEYeo
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.66496275
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.1266601823
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H0CDK23
Rising	Malware.Obfus/MSIL@AI.98 (RDM.MSIL2:0/kVFje6yAu2VBjstCfWGA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.209463516.susgen
Fortinet	PossibleThreat
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Trojan:MSIL/Confuser?

Trojan:MSIL/Confuser 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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