Should I remove “Win32/Agent.AELJ”?

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

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32/Agent.AELJ?


File Info:
name: 516874CC5DA4A47C8F7A.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/59bf052a4b7b1a7a3ac972d7a21e15e649aba13d0c3883a8a9b8ba46ed47ae64
crc32: A5CCCCA8
md5: 516874cc5da4a47c8f7a9e1d84069a56
sha1: 7f6c2a42d1ae854433b309cd26db565db77f6b82
sha256: 59bf052a4b7b1a7a3ac972d7a21e15e649aba13d0c3883a8a9b8ba46ed47ae64
sha512: 170ef4485fe42b7fdd885e2040a1abab03603ad8b612b92afbe1378abdf922c5d1b7b72aa4d7f118c7b72b930953d28251b3ced52cf35107de93a8423a95de3c
ssdeep: 6144:zbSDV7nULZ99s5tG3XQWRSvwFMj7BHPIEFHWoUx0MYMxSGBZNMFl4Zvz:zbSFnQZLKUFS4FMj7NPnFHWfxL3NMFlC
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1A174D041B982CC62E43B43390CA4D5A47A3C69E10AE1CC9B737B76F21AD52E11D3DB5B
sha3_384: 4f95e4c0465d80b3e6e6750e929d69456f6a4e62287744510714970660e4aa8176de46bd1bcccfaff9cb4f0445de2508
ep_bytes: e8fc030000e980feffff558beceb1fff
timestamp: 2022-07-11 10:07:18

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Agent.AELJ also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
FireEye	Generic.mg.516874cc5da4a47c
McAfee	Artemis!516874CC5DA4
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005958dc1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005958dc1 )
Cybereason	malicious.2d1ae8
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Agent.AELJ
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fh
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.RKDPRM
Jiangmin	Trojan.Multi.ljf
Avira	TR/Agent.sqlrv
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C5204546
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.84 (RDML:4JxllxvFenzz1XVnMZ7KXA)
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Agent.AELJ!tr
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34786.vyW@aqky7dci
AVG	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)

How to remove Win32/Agent.AELJ?

Win32/Agent.AELJ 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.

About the author

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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