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Should I remove “Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B”?

The Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B 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/Filecoder.Ishtar.B virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • A ping command was executed with the -n argument possibly to delay analysis
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B?


File Info:

name: 406CDF72B272C0AB0D50.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/7ac917ea4f032061d74147b825cc2c8e79fe5cda6d97be17a6271e1b8297bfc9crc32: B940A3DEmd5: 406cdf72b272c0ab0d5061b2f7cdf03bsha1: bfcfb67d8661714c6816e67fdfe6192160e29f49sha256: 7ac917ea4f032061d74147b825cc2c8e79fe5cda6d97be17a6271e1b8297bfc9sha512: 813808137cb50f441ec982b3c5bc60c6406c0a2e00c1206d79cd0e9b28441e0e6bf6476003bbe45da6dece086470cb21860ec1d78a8d90d4a717013e0748745bssdeep: 49152:Rw80cTsjkWaUHpz6krzd0T7x4PWAHcvqgTUO7:+8sjkaJ3du+WAgqg4O7type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1D7A5F01273DDC360CB669133BF29B7056EBB7C714630B95B2F880D7DA960161262DBA3sha3_384: 2793946e86a279f130f37666f1030b3b8f5b11acf554025506a53a58a4511539f470e39fd2e2ce8da273d5a99fd9e60dep_bytes: e8b8d00000e97ffeffffcccccccccccctimestamp: 2016-11-21 18:12:05

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0809 0x04b0

Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!e
tehtris Generic.Malware
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.30758654
FireEye Generic.mg.406cdf72b272c0ab
ALYac Trojan.Ransom.Ishtar
Malwarebytes Generic.Malware/Suspicious
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004fccef1 )
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Ishtar.dad62839
K7GW Trojan ( 004fccef1 )
Cybereason malicious.2b272c
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1D556FE
Cyren W32/Autoit.YXFT-3677
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
ClamAV Win.Ransomware.Ishtar-5399275-0
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.30758654
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Encoder.eipvns
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Filecoder.Paca
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.30758654
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.30758654 (B)
Comodo Malware@#qy37nun0jt01
F-Secure Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1245567
TrendMicro Ransom_ISHTAR.F116KN
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vc
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Jiangmin Trojan.Script.zwr
Webroot W32.Trojan.GenKD
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1245567
MAX malware (ai score=100)
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic_a.a.(kcloud)
Microsoft Trojan:MSIL/Cryptor
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Ishtar.2104453
GData Trojan.GenericKD.30758654
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Ishtar.R190422
McAfee Artemis!406CDF72B272
VBA32 Trojan.Autoit.Wirus
Cylance Unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall Ransom_ISHTAR.F116KN
Fortinet W32/Filecoder_Ishtar.B!tr
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Win32/Filecoder.Ishtar.B?

  • 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.
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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