What is “Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A”?

The Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A 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.

What Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• A process created a hidden window
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Queries information on disks, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Operates on local firewall’s policies and settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A?

File Info:
name: 50AC6DFFB2F4DA7E5DD6.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/97b99ecc0867301436cbd9e8c79711507083f2abf494c7f9e48a855a95c05c98crc32: 4DDB8AFEmd5: 50ac6dffb2f4da7e5dd668504a204236sha1: 66c7287bdac22a54247ce975694a8a492aaac0c1sha256: 97b99ecc0867301436cbd9e8c79711507083f2abf494c7f9e48a855a95c05c98sha512: b45e6b76b0a90dec926646a1bd4b5f5adde7ab4d7b0250e6e39821ca9c76d3ac4c901c9c7b8a0df81e8183d87df214f7abe1011ec2dd9ed5773b1a4b87fdd9c0ssdeep: 1536:+A4P5xdusk2L59V3fjwcl3hsCBhkOsCEbq:+A6xMeLVbwcl3lhNsCEbqtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T186C34B161EDBF037F2144AB1869643C49B3AAC0338C25E1FDB0E1787967A947A4D277Esha3_384: de950045dddce58594025556a5c11ec38605aff3270299a5d9d55b2c3fef428e2090a79b58c37512aba9018520e18b1aep_bytes: 68481f4000e8f0ffffff000000000000timestamp: 1987-01-30 03:38:08
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0407 0x04b0CompanyName: trew softLegalCopyright: HultmeyerProductName: AlternateBrowseFileVersion: 3.00.0001ProductVersion: 3.00.0001InternalName: bytOriginalFilename: byt.exe

Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A also known as:

How to remove Trojan:Win32/Acbot.A?

• 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.