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VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.AKF removal tips

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What VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.AKF virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
Sample contains Overlay data
Reads data out of its own binary image
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.AKF?


File Info:
name: 961A048BCBF15C45042A.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/36e6ff16958e801678ad9fc4c6049b7a5aef47f475a6b431b1df909edb2f48f8crc32: DA4DA58Fmd5: 961a048bcbf15c45042a7a2dd99baf9asha1: 148a8d6dd3026c5eb7fcb198cc12be468935055esha256: 36e6ff16958e801678ad9fc4c6049b7a5aef47f475a6b431b1df909edb2f48f8sha512: 1f13014bb67040fc345c8d67947c6f4f73069c10e908ba77c9f0334cdbc6bf775742f218ea3cafef23c703e668a662518a6915528324124dc30a65220ad980fessdeep: 3072:8dyGHlj52Jdy/xJxGPz28Gr2mhdUIfkXLcHVdogzJr3H8rg/1:6yGJ52JdysPyD28URLcHVd5VDcrg/1type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T114240226F9AA6073EE76B673CBD3E165251F0002372714BF5A18334DCCE29E19D72694sha3_384: bc0962342177283b166fb23bc1b3439c7381bc8d1ce2fd2022171ba2caf7dfbd9eb4792d4c90100b927d05dc72205ca0ep_bytes: 558bec83ec1c53017de8ff0d5b2c4300timestamp: 2002-09-16 02:00:04
Version Info:
FileDescription: Hospital WizardLegalCopyright: © Panda 2008InternalName: WIZHOSPCompanyName: Lokas SoftwareFileVersion: 0.1.7.4ProductVersion: 2.1.1.2Translation: 0x0409 0x0000

VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.AKF also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Zbot.l!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.961a048bcbf15c45
McAfee	Artemis!961A048BCBF1
Zillya	Trojan.Zbot.Win32.88609
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Spyware ( 0055e3db1 )
K7GW	Spyware ( 0055e3db1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.Generic.AMJO
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Spy.Zbot.AAO
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	UDS:Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.glbm
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Zbot.csbtcs
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.Zbot.210713
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Crypt.Edhl
TACHYON	Trojan/W32.Vucha.210713
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen2
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Panda.2977
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R067C0DD123
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dc
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	ML/PE-A
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309
Jiangmin	TrojanSpy.Zbot.etnp
Webroot	W32.InfoStealer.Zeus
Avira	TR/Crypt.ZPACK.Gen2
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Spy]/Win32.Zbot
Xcitium	Malware@#3pmtc2mo5t2kn
Arcabit	Trojan.Symmi.D2075
ZoneAlarm	UDS:Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.glbm
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.AKF
Google	Detected
VBA32	TrojanSpy.Zbot
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Symmi.8309
MAX	malware (ai score=85)
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R067C0DD123
Rising	Worm.Cridex!8.BB3 (TFE:1:WNBd4tuIujL)
Yandex	TrojanSpy.Zbot!xAXaD3p65bk
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Shiz.NCF!tr
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.36132.mq1@aKU0iboi
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS