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VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PQ removal guide

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

Sample contains Overlay data
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Authenticode signature is invalid
Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PQ?


File Info:
name: 1E1D9E688F517E865E20.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c5f58162e5c468771a5eabc940a75c7cdb0fbf9ad5bbe6d056b043330c1fc0a1crc32: CEF71213md5: 1e1d9e688f517e865e20532fbfbe3aa0sha1: 399d018809ae8ea34adb848a2a2a3333e8d53edfsha256: c5f58162e5c468771a5eabc940a75c7cdb0fbf9ad5bbe6d056b043330c1fc0a1sha512: 2ad339035c475f1d55fa46de4edb1bf9245aa741de42d3cad39f3268a63f7a7338c24d716ff97c05ae14d1239cf9733e045f943ab65651675c37f0ab8d4687b0ssdeep: 3072:tpjaM/M3I92AZVABEBEzMNyJjaM/M3I92AZVABEBEzMNy:T9/MC9fABEBEQN29/MC9fABEBEQNtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1F8F3E01D394385A2F0406E34EBA116D40BFC6D67B4A3F57FDFA3545309DAAA922C18F2sha3_384: 1e8653b5783cda8d5b1c8ef579b123c686dd5b24d600c89cb5ecd16f292c3d26e0e9a649d651d4daf7790675f69bc1f8ep_bytes: 558bec6aff6868204000682017400064timestamp: 2011-03-21 17:14:04
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PQ also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.llC3
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-583372
FireEye	Generic.mg.1e1d9e688f517e86
CAT-QuickHeal	Worm.Hamweq.DD
McAfee	BackDoor-EYT
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.ins
Alibaba	VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.070f41fb
Cybereason	malicious.88f517
Arcabit	Trojan.Mint.Zard.24
VirIT	Worm.Win32.Generic.ANHW
Cyren	W32/S-c55ff595!Eldorado
Symantec	Trojan.FakeAV!gen54
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/AutoRun.KS
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Inject.bxzhg
Avast	Win32:Downloader-NUE [Trj]
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Zylw
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24 (B)
DrWeb	BackDoor.Ddoser.131
VIPRE	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
TrendMicro	Mal_Otorun-15
McAfee-GW-Edition	BackDoor-EYT
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Ikarus	Backdoor.Win32.Floder
Jiangmin	Backdoor/Floder.v
Webroot	W32.Backdoor.Agent
Avira	TR/Small.JM.1
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Unknown
Xcitium	TrojWare.Win32.Downloader.AutoRun.A@4prfxx
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.PQ
ViRobot	Backdoor.Win32.Agent.33437
GData	Win32.Backdoor.VB.AO
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Worm/Win32.Rimecud.C163471
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.36308.kqZ@ai4VjXiG
ALYac	Gen:Heur.Mint.Zard.24
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan-Spy.Zbot
Cylance	unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Mal_Otorun-15
Rising	Worm.Hamweq!8.995 (TFE:5:K76dw1st6AB)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!SvkN0mK+oSs
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet	W32/Injector.FGK!tr
AVG	Win32:Downloader-NUE [Trj]
Panda	W32/P2PWorm.HO
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)