Categories: Trojan

How to remove “TrojanPSW.Fareit”?

The TrojanPSW.Fareit 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 TrojanPSW.Fareit virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • A process created a hidden window
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • The executable is compressed using UPX
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Exhibits behavior characteristic of Pony malware
  • Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
  • Collects information about installed applications
  • Creates a hidden or system file

How to determine TrojanPSW.Fareit?


File Info:

crc32: 9D3BC4E2md5: be9d127d3582f25377b389ba6bc6f182name: BE9D127D3582F25377B389BA6BC6F182.mlwsha1: ad2510d86c753efc7aad001b2054777c7053e429sha256: afc3bb79ce65842e49e7be6eff72ed48656bb20a7e2a18af7cf2816159c45c88sha512: fbb2ebaf2a8b88e6741aca76a516f86e48dcc1ad06f9e71fee2107ca88295fb05c97d810f6984d6a27deba5dec2664a5a47e0076bf32cbfc8896323d4e37c203ssdeep: 3072:ruWvdwxYJoDIQqXtoutyA13PmLBg1UlgLS9rJdzqp1aCJZQ7WC9IJzzYto5:ruAwxioSrA9Vlgydqp1aeZQfGzzd5type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 2005-2012 Oleg N. ScherbakovInternalName: 7ZSfxModFileVersion: 1.5.0.2712CompanyName: Oleg N. ScherbakovPrivateBuild: December 30, 2012ProductName: 7-Zip SFXProductVersion: 1.5.0.2712FileDescription: 7z Setup SFX (x86)OriginalFilename: 7ZSfxMod_x86.exeTranslation: 0x0000 0x04b0

TrojanPSW.Fareit also known as:

K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0055e3991 )
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Fareit.i!c
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Panda.11436
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.15313
K7GW Trojan ( 0055e3991 )
Cybereason malicious.d3582f
Cyren W32/Injector.YXFI-1997
Symantec Trojan.Malcol.Ransom.2
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Filecoder.FH
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Scatter.av
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Panda.ephhuq
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Scatter.Pjdt
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
Sophos ML/PE-A + Mal/Zbot-UM
Comodo Malware@#ssxkpmoqw6ns
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34170.jy3@amAEvdqH
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro Ransom_CRYPVAULT.IHD
McAfee-GW-Edition Generic.afq
FireEye Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.3454860 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Suspicious SFX
Jiangmin Trojan.Locky.ebp
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1117937
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.1A2602A
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft Ransom:Win32/Vaultcrypt.A
GData Trojan.GenericKD.3454860
McAfee Generic.afq
MAX malware (ai score=82)
VBA32 TrojanPSW.Fareit
Panda Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall Ransom_CRYPVAULT.IHD
Rising Malware.Obscure/Heur!1.A89E (CLASSIC)
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.371750!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove TrojanPSW.Fareit?

  • 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.
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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