How to remove “Win32/Injector.EDWU”?

The Win32/Injector.EDWU 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/Injector.EDWU virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32/Injector.EDWU?


File Info:
name: 2C54804AB5678F207174.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/53fe8fdb2e543eec1e1a81053afea552140bd1c1e432873a22a59f357f9362f8
crc32: FE87BF3B
md5: 2c54804ab5678f2071747b8197665b18
sha1: 92378e4c0f140498856485ce2ad77b1da87f7fa8
sha256: 53fe8fdb2e543eec1e1a81053afea552140bd1c1e432873a22a59f357f9362f8
sha512: 39d4507e0f6db1eb065555b25d6e200bf1dc1fcb84471455d7bb1cbb0c9df0d8865f720601c86c9b4627487222f145199ccb16b76389730fc67654c763192340
ssdeep: 24576:XUzNkyrbtjbGixCkPKH2I1iIWILtfOIJ+HKodCHPC0cF3u7P1+eWQ8f/x52vHNZQ:XUzeyQGS4DqodCnoe+iitjWw
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T162959E3794E09C7AF8757EF58346C29E72117888DE743E8902B56B7E1B38582F50E293
sha3_384: c6f9e93ea6e2fc1c52910cbfd1b03c9a856bb4bda8c0a63ca03b94e15193eca70ea3d58618a1488748f0c9683999c5a8
ep_bytes: 030000fffcdd4100130000ff18de4100
timestamp: 1992-06-19 22:22:17

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Injector.EDWU also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
FireEye	Generic.mg.2c54804ab5678f20
McAfee	Artemis!2C54804AB567
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
Cyren	W32/Injector.BAE.gen!Eldorado
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.EDWU
APEX	Malicious
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640 (B)
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.tm
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Sophos	ML/PE-A
Ikarus	Trojan.Agent
GData	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
Google	Detected
MAX	malware (ai score=88)
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.51F4
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Acronis	suspicious
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Cerbu.148640
Malwarebytes	Pony.Spyware.Stealer.DDS
Rising	Trojan.Injector!8.C4 (TFE:2:Umn2LyRQLML)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet	W32/Injector.EDWU!tr
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Win32/Injector.EDWU?

Win32/Injector.EDWU 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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