Should I remove “Win32/Kryptik.GHND”?

The Win32/Kryptik.GHND 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.

What Win32/Kryptik.GHND virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Creates RWX memory
• 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
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Detects the presence of Wine emulator via function name
• Deletes its original binary from disk
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Attempts to identify installed analysis tools by a known file location
• Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
• Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• Detects Sandboxie using a known mutex
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Checks for a known DeepFreeze Frozen State Mutex
• Collects information to fingerprint the system

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How to determine Win32/Kryptik.GHND?

File Info:
crc32: B751F138md5: 287267416500c8e0bfcbca7903147ce1name: 287267416500C8E0BFCBCA7903147CE1.mlwsha1: e619c6f963d567ca22c520b48ea2ff89965671besha256: 6bd9cad114734a202b395b09e4e00a3c84c7b4ccf1560f89a6d8a057fab62a10sha512: 8282618e9f47da36e00b8f087e9d6235f601b5a94eac1fd4fb5f34172b895a130d5d6e908c8977b290695df5bf0407add84f8a30b86fc6f1bb4ecd0870db428assdeep: 6144:M84R1VpLhZPBQV9fAOFjKjBUAnYIfFfyd:M84R9hIV9f+jaAYIOtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0789 0x04b1

Win32/Kryptik.GHND also known as:

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.GHND?

• 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.