Win32/Agent.ABSO removal guide

The Win32/Agent.ABSO 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 Win32/Agent.ABSO virus can do?

How to determine Win32/Agent.ABSO?


File Info:
crc32: 7CAC6787
md5: 774996e81ef623e5f6738e46795ffabd
name: autoupdater.exe
sha1: dab9ac7328fedd82b97064eeb05e9f9826da8496
sha256: 817ba134a4aa3bd486f475a030b39a16187d2e00656b33ff2c587d3114c7392c
sha512: 03f05305c7fa6416c940930d5c54d1e21e583bc8237a57f140fb4948916fe593955158ba4a50a0cb09d7a1e1df63282db6b80021441ef527d28afdf8a4c27c0c
ssdeep: 384:blAVBIXgjCzGYOXwMTPAeFjsvDx7wjJXVaOmK:bkigjCzGYOXwMTtSNoJXVR
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Agent.ABSO also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectVM.malware
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Multi
McAfee	RDN/Generic.dx
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Sangfor	Malware
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D202705C
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PDQ20
Cyren	W32/Trojan.QSDH-2179
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Agent.ABSO
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Generic.bee23d2d
AegisLab	Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
Rising	Trojan.Agent!8.B1E (CLOUD)
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268 (B)
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.mh
Fortinet	W32/Agent.ABSO!tr
Trapmine	suspicious.low.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.774996e81ef623e5
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Agent
MAX	malware (ai score=84)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Downloader
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PDQ20
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.33714268
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_70% (W)

How to remove Win32/Agent.ABSO?

Win32/Agent.ABSO 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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