What is “Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz”?

The Trojan:Win32/Cerber!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.

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What Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz?


File Info:
name: 0569D220946EF1987F5E.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/fc5c346d530c88abd745e2dc4701408f1325e34c29f1d540aef0a1996e1c831f
crc32: 44F983BC
md5: 0569d220946ef1987f5e5438b797f618
sha1: 390d44f129c6a661b219cc90a57482c17f37567f
sha256: fc5c346d530c88abd745e2dc4701408f1325e34c29f1d540aef0a1996e1c831f
sha512: 5671ac312a1f7c86b67da7517f518e4d165025472541754f6f125965b8f4f6ec18b16c87f1cb544924fd527723af5a4b6e2fcf940b2f187f1e56b5527086bb53
ssdeep: 3072:sgMWtaDRNGZ5Xnzuj3ZeKA/kf/gJxJQuzH/MMz6AfPXuhuXGQmVD:OWKSZr/kf/gJxrMMeAfPXuapo
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T179447C6769219F71CBD20273171D22E8F758806AA3AA86B1D507C04D0F33669DEFE7B1
sha3_384: a982318d5f249f79d7bd1af34160dab7b52f14289e66a7544b7d5bd234ec78d4b7652b33653072df8d03feb06b3d5c17
ep_bytes: 00000000000000000000000000000000
timestamp: 1985-08-31 04:22:33

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dz
McAfee	GenericRXVP-WI!0569D220946E
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1996B
Baidu	Win32.Trojan-Spy.Quart.a
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
APEX	Malicious
ClamAV	Win.Packed.Lazy-10005437-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Convagent.gen
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen13.57251
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DAK24
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Varist	W32/Padodor.F.gen!Eldorado
Kingsoft	malware.kb.b.983
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Convagent.gen
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811
Google	Detected
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKDZ.104811
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DAK24
Rising	Backdoor.Berbew!1.AE0A (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Cerber
MaxSecure	Banker.Win64.Emotet.sb
Fortinet	W32/Qukart.HTI!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Trj]
Cybereason	malicious.129c6a
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz?

Trojan:Win32/Cerber!pz 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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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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