Win32/Kryptik.GKEK removal instruction

The Win32/Kryptik.GKEK 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/Kryptik.GKEK virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Injection (inter-process)
• Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
• Mimics the system’s user agent string for its own requests
• Creates RWX memory
• 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
• 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

How to determine Win32/Kryptik.GKEK?

File Info:
crc32: 7EAEE2CA
md5: 03a394cbb8cdc478f547c36fc5ab6423
name: 03A394CBB8CDC478F547C36FC5AB6423.mlw
sha1: 6e412c2567533095446a0e0b765f937247754ae0
sha256: a00f332d257bf5230633ea7d2699d1212c0287aae34b83519157f2d1330e7215
sha512: fd9d2747c4d024869ce53613322690edd5cdadaa05e11d3dd94cc660dc6803927bcbdae2f00e5f02472063e77a0085fe97113fdfb12f196b73fcea23e187cc0a
ssdeep: 3072:j+YVXPSR5jV5qL2odEz+4l2b5x/z/w/tPNOndH8IQwMFx5faUG:nV/M50xdWHi/U/tPNOndH8IXefbG
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Kryptik.GKEK also known as:

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.GKEK?

• 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.