What is “Trojan:Win32/Astaroth!pz”?

The Trojan:Win32/Astaroth!pz 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/Astaroth!pz virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Uses Windows utilities to create a scheduled task
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• CAPE detected the shellcode patterns malware family
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Trojan:Win32/Astaroth!pz?

File Info:
name: D3B9DFC342CB50E4D0ED.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/4653be95ca226c0f51eca6660b92576a173369ecef41d8bc1822c75b7f2e4330crc32: 43E06186md5: d3b9dfc342cb50e4d0ed512cf25df771sha1: be53b62daf1a726d3e7764b0538f54b733e3c47asha256: 4653be95ca226c0f51eca6660b92576a173369ecef41d8bc1822c75b7f2e4330sha512: 24c19f2c15b01e5675df79a4b517cd1c6362be4c53ebbcaf34bbbbaf083848f44ae8bd748603efdc67d83b45e9f8d3e613a52f935a0e1581f043cc63b96ec6eessdeep: 49152:JaCpS2+aRFQV9uh+cO0STnmiNo2TFyRGCWHvHpQ9fy6+inv31svLKXFr7fRW1K83:xpn+sQV8+cO0STnmiN9TFy0TQk6+invYtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T12EE5BF617750C03BC27F31318AAABB74B6BADD305D3542472BA57F396E70852992832Fsha3_384: 11775f7cfee0a418ffec11ca3e8a063187593d6d48ddce3a41dc10504d8cf184cdc80044f81db3bb818fa0c244633dc5ep_bytes: 558bec6aff68f8204000685018400064timestamp: 2012-08-29 06:22:26
Version Info:
CompanyName: Corel CorporationFileDescription: Corel Installation ProgramFileVersion: 3.0.1.804LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2010 Corel Corporation.  All rights reserved.ProductName: Corel Setup EngineProductVersion: 3.0.1.804CompileDate: Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:10 PMTranslation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Trojan:Win32/Astaroth!pz also known as:

How to remove Trojan:Win32/Astaroth!pz?

• 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.