About “W32/MPhage-A” infection

The W32/MPhage-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.

What W32/MPhage-A virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Deletes executed files from disk

How to determine W32/MPhage-A?

File Info:
name: 04A08B6D4D16B4DE4EB4.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/ccfb95cd3c04383bb45cd68ba4886dd646eba9eed60b330e0953efb59d9b8a41crc32: FD0BFAB7md5: 04a08b6d4d16b4de4eb47312a1c79ac0sha1: 0e289ffe7a77bda6810110ddf48ea726d5da71cfsha256: ccfb95cd3c04383bb45cd68ba4886dd646eba9eed60b330e0953efb59d9b8a41sha512: 35fdcd12f0bc5581908c0464ea5b95a0887d527f31b469d51390171267df2053e6bf536edea67450a15d61d624da6123e8d1a2e41e515aba9ed2cac81c66faecssdeep: 3072:P/tg0Gkd+t3JAPX249gusJj1GQtB7lZX:PFG3Busj1Gu73type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1B3B31282EB3A6584C791AA34E5C04CF74DDE008D1F57F3C292298DBD8C2A985AF29A15sha3_384: 181c054777196d3ffecd5292fab4cb3e82757e2164d6e471cdf09819eeb0a0b63fb3327cc4c524cc20199f9c80d8c495ep_bytes: b856341278ff1524204000a300304000timestamp: 2015-02-18 18:17:14
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

W32/MPhage-A also known as:

How to remove W32/MPhage-A?

• 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.