Ransom Trojan

TrojanRansom.Avaddon removal guide

Malware Removal

The TrojanRansom.Avaddon 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 TrojanRansom.Avaddon virus can do?

  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • A process created a hidden window
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to delete volume shadow copies
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Modifies boot configuration settings
  • Clears Windows events or logs
  • Attempts to disable UAC
  • Attempts to modify UAC prompt behavior
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
a.tomx.xyz

How to determine TrojanRansom.Avaddon?


File Info:

crc32: 6F3EBB46
md5: aff68dd94f9d83399db090d4f21cc6dd
name: AFF68DD94F9D83399DB090D4F21CC6DD.mlw
sha1: bae097095a550cef4341e7dd3fbe5022e5c01f3a
sha256: 2478978f8760df62d85b3cfb31818f691536315085ee42f79619c8dcf8ccdded
sha512: 8226a1f1ef99eecba3956022cabe17c7a5a83b36c69c798f7a20f378ebe1686c3962c73abc5b2da82bde9fdb79f766886a01a6ce28a598674217604d09ea3aea
ssdeep: 12288:ac5C8ibz5lfJZcVg0gpsTvdX5qpg3C+wUU6OUuJUu3QPdY4KJSFnEBhlh:JOP5lfJZcVg0gpsTvdXsWxwUUFLfph
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: xa9 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: taskhost.exe
FileVersion: 10.0.17763.831 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Microsoftxae Windowsxae Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.17763.831
FileDescription: Host Process for Windows Tasks
OriginalFilename: taskhost.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

TrojanRansom.Avaddon also known as:

K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 00577dec1 )
Elasticmalicious (high confidence)
CynetMalicious (score: 100)
CAT-QuickHealTrojan.DelshadRI.S16503346
ALYacTrojan.Ransom.Avaddon
CylanceUnsafe
ZillyaTrojan.DelShad.Win32.954
SangforTrojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
AlibabaRansom:Win32/Avaddon.471b830b
K7GWTrojan ( 00577dec1 )
Cybereasonmalicious.94f9d8
CyrenW32/Trojan.TCKY-0105
SymantecRansom.Avaddon
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Filecoder.Avaddon.C
APEXMalicious
AvastWin32:RansomX-gen [Ransom]
ClamAVWin.Ransomware.Avaddon-9866699-0
KasperskyHEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Generic
BitDefenderGen:Heur.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Heur.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1
Ad-AwareGen:Heur.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1
SophosMal/Generic-R + Troj/Avaddon-A
BitDefenderThetaGen:NN.ZexaF.34722.Su0@amizDZfi
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicroRansom.Win32.AVADDON.SMTHA
McAfee-GW-EditionGenericRXOT-RV!AFF68DD94F9D
FireEyeGeneric.mg.aff68dd94f9d8339
EmsisoftGen:Heur.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1 (B)
SentinelOneStatic AI – Suspicious PE
AviraHEUR/AGEN.1139525
eGambitUnsafe.AI_Score_100%
KingsoftWin32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
MicrosoftRansom:Win32/Avaddon.C!MTB
ArcabitTrojan.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1
AegisLabTrojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
ZoneAlarmHEUR:Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Generic
GDataGen:Heur.Ransom.REntS.Gen.1
AhnLab-V3Trojan/Win32.Ransomlock.C4206930
McAfeeGenericRXOT-RV!AFF68DD94F9D
MAXmalware (ai score=100)
VBA32TrojanRansom.Avaddon
MalwarebytesRansom.Avaddon
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCallRansom.Win32.AVADDON.SMTHA
TencentWin32.Trojan.Delshad.Lsvu
YandexTrojan.Filecoder!sbbsbuvwXVg
IkarusTrojan-Ransom.Avaddon
MaxSecureTrojan.Malware.10307848.susgen
FortinetW32/Avaddon.C!tr.ransom
AVGWin32:RansomX-gen [Ransom]
Paloaltogeneric.ml

How to remove TrojanRansom.Avaddon?

TrojanRansom.Avaddon 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.

About the author

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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