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How to remove “Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT”?

The Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT 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/GenKryptik.DYXT virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Attempts to remove evidence of file being downloaded from the Internet
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT?


File Info:

crc32: 120587B5md5: 5ab5b1b686bc916d86b3a73450d34b76name: 44q.exesha1: 023e4f4917bef276c1f5092e7fabd11c2609d15dsha256: 0087189612bd9a3fd5e4687c33bba489d34843b3e82176cb2cc49ef2bc4ea8desha512: c3cbea593dfb029f9c208f1610f52f3ee622be42ce539f668c8e9aac0aa0dd2d9465c3637d8c6be213114a18957c432ad255ee011526a2170c65f6317c803192ssdeep: 12288:PbFmNHloUQYbEZpakjYDJA1zpYDwUei8jPjMQ:gHNQYbuDj6SfLjPbtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: x7248x6743x6240x6709 (C) 2002InternalName: Visual EditorFileVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1CompanyName: LegalTrademarks: ProductName: Visual Editor x5e94x7528x7a0bx5e8fProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1FileDescription: Visual Editor x57fax7840x7c7bx5e94x7528x7a0bx5e8fOriginalFilename: Visual Editor.EXETranslation: 0x0804 0x04b0

Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKDS.42074815
McAfee RDN/Emotet-Dropped
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_70% (W)
Arcabit Trojan.Autoruns.GenericS.D28202BF
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Generic-7419910-0
Kaspersky Trojan-Banker.Win32.Emotet.ekee
BitDefender Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKDS.42074815
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.91 (RDML:PDFJ7CSRnOV9b5WIyCNXjA)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
F-Secure Trojan.TR/AD.Emotet.pmmmu
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader30.46532
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Emotet-Dropped
Fortinet W32/GenKryptik.DYLZ!tr
Trapmine suspicious.low.ml.score
FireEye Generic.mg.5ab5b1b686bc916d
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Krypt
Cyren W32/Trojan.VNUN-8086
Jiangmin Trojan.Banker.Emotet.mpy
Webroot W32.Trojan.Emotet
MAX malware (ai score=81)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Emotet.DHF!MTB
ZoneAlarm Trojan-Banker.Win32.Emotet.ekee
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.RL_Trickbot.R301608
ALYac Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKDS.42074815
Ad-Aware Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKDS.42074815
Malwarebytes Trojan.Emotet
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
SentinelOne DFI – Suspicious PE
GData Trojan.Autoruns.GenericKDS.42074815
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.32515.Iq1@aaBNJfeb
AVG FileRepMalware
Avast FileRepMalware
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.16f

How to remove Win32/GenKryptik.DYXT?

  • 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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