What is “Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a”?

The Virus.Win32.WLKSM.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.

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What Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a virus can do?

The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a?


File Info:
name: 22F652BA8B721754611F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/6b22fb920ee20f820d9dfe2a4d8950a5c9a6a017e639fb419f5ec00bcb728347
crc32: 2E2AA6DC
md5: 22f652ba8b721754611f5b128aab388e
sha1: 713a21d59421c4b4522838e299e4426cd8cea808
sha256: 6b22fb920ee20f820d9dfe2a4d8950a5c9a6a017e639fb419f5ec00bcb728347
sha512: 6e8b57cb928b43f5079ceac12b6a19d1dd347f46b4474127aac591d0673ec60a406fd843bf7de21e747825d63e738b3df3462dfea88f3767146d66264d18538b
ssdeep: 3072:fi8eP66mc2aHskLOUgRvTY53tZ4ay6rXcZ/fK4mtatKeqWQpKh4GEHYy:HeYk2bg6ay6zcZDmtWKeqb8X
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1F8040222C854630DF77459BE8A50CAE9CABA2F54E302C5CFFFD5B938D7428C065A425E
sha3_384: 31497acfb505ac0faba485fefdb8ffcee0981597a0b3a2082d9d61636e032eb389096291abeba77c2a5750dc736eb03e
ep_bytes: bb799c0000be00544000bf144617daa1
timestamp: 2011-08-20 06:08:13

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a also known as:

Lionic	Virus.Win32.WLKSM.n!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	BackDoor.Siggen.57937
MicroWorld-eScan	Win32.Malachite.A
FireEye	Generic.mg.22f652ba8b721754
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Virus ( 004deede1 )
Alibaba	Virus:Win32/WLKSM.2db1a261
K7GW	Virus ( 004deede1 )
Cybereason	malicious.a8b721
Cyren	W32/Malachite.A
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Agent.NCD
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a
BitDefender	Win32.Malachite.A
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Infector.dleseh
Avast	Win32:WLKSM-UT [Trj]
Ad-Aware	Win32.Malachite.A
Emsisoft	Win32.Malachite.A (B)
Comodo	Virus.Win32.WLKSM.AA@6cq5zv
Baidu	Win32.Virus.MoonRover.a
Zillya	Virus.WLKSM.Win32.1
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WKP21
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Virus
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.Agent
Avira	W32/Malachite.A
MAX	malware (ai score=87)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.FL.B!ml
GData	Win32.Malachite.A
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Win32/Malachite.X1599
Acronis	suspicious
VBA32	Virus.Win32.MoonRover
ALYac	Win32.Malachite.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WKP21
Tencent	Virus.Win32.Wlksm.c
MaxSecure	Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a
Fortinet	W32/Badda.5137.A
AVG	Win32:WLKSM-UT [Trj]
Panda	Generic Suspicious
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)

How to remove Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a?

Virus.Win32.WLKSM.a 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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