What is “Win32/Agent.ACUG”?

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

At least one process apparently crashed during execution
Sample contains Overlay data
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32/Agent.ACUG?


File Info:
name: 5630BC8823738BAA84DD.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/f516057a323c04b279046e14893c4f55a9fa2d7cb9eba255600a8c83917cc887
crc32: F08EAA89
md5: 5630bc8823738baa84dd735756f610cd
sha1: 202ebfb0294401df20dde6d1838278621f5a891d
sha256: f516057a323c04b279046e14893c4f55a9fa2d7cb9eba255600a8c83917cc887
sha512: b060d02ce5185bdc9a24addba3494d091a2bfdbef60311637c9945d9f9de539d101286ad3bb7531eb7c1e661ee6f910f90aa9eaf37ca47494d65dea66736911a
ssdeep: 6144:zXqGAqyLa5w9u36ZwephL2mzC15zAOXyJQ:zXqGAn9RZwefG7hf
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T180647C013282C032C5B355735A389FA6D66DAD244FA54EDFA7D40E2ACE712D36A30F76
sha3_384: 9ea89d6964f5eaf4b3d5e582563b4aa8a2bfa9438b7a4e829ccd442c97dd87fb62cfd8d520a19f14d317a7a4d4dc9767
ep_bytes: e8c7050000e974feffff8b4df464890d
timestamp: 2021-04-09 09:28:17

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Agent.ACUG also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
FireEye	Generic.mg.5630bc8823738baa
Cylance	Unsafe
K7GW	Trojan ( 0057beb01 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0057beb01 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Agent.ACUG
APEX	Malicious
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Razy.ivzeio
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4 (B)
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
Jiangmin	Trojan.Generic.heqpq
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1228742
Arcabit	Trojan.Ransom.Cradle.4
Microsoft	Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Acronis	suspicious
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.E946AEEC1F
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Ransom.Cradle.4
MAX	malware (ai score=87)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Glupteba
Malwarebytes	Malware.Heuristic.1006
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.94 (RDML:HgdHVUfMkEzix1RnT02CMQ)
Cybereason	malicious.823738
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A

How to remove Win32/Agent.ACUG?

Win32/Agent.ACUG 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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