Categories: Malware

What is “Win32/Kryptik.GKXS”?

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

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • A scripting utility was executed
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to stop active services
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
a.tomx.xyz

How to determine Win32/Kryptik.GKXS?


File Info:

crc32: 9D664F2Cmd5: fa04235f2c1acd6e551ec5ffecdcf71bname: FA04235F2C1ACD6E551EC5FFECDCF71B.mlwsha1: 3b7d78b3cf06f6b0caa20b7b8ae9dc395548a723sha256: 1e1cd8e03241b215e25e403ad23c5db674177c566ebd88ff665a1ec214f7e534sha512: 6d1ee393551222413f3f07252ef7201b51047ef4b76dd8cdc74e2477e3be784dd2866d17da2481c79945b9bb9574bf2a4a6a923c43d9cb4432dd6a814cf73c67ssdeep: 6144:HAemIDCLNJHnjIxTjJHfn0lkQGCXtZnALh7pBuc:g6KExT98lRXw7pBtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: InternalName: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLFileVersion: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLCompanyName: LegalTrademarks: ProductName: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLProductVersion: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLFileDescription: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLOriginalFilename: Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent DLLTranslation: 0x0470 0x04e4

Win32/Kryptik.GKXS also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005412ce1 )
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Trickster.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen8.28600
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Trickster.Win32.998
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba TrojanBanker:Win32/Trickster.a4e3427d
K7GW Trojan ( 005412ce1 )
Cybereason malicious.f2c1ac
Cyren W32/Trickbot.U.gen!Eldorado
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GKXS
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
ClamAV Win.Packer.Trickbot-6683856-3
Kaspersky Trojan-Banker.Win32.Trickster.ns
BitDefender Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Trickster.fibvjb
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1
Tencent Win32.Trojan-banker.Trickster.Ebzw
Ad-Aware Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1
Comodo Malware@#2fanwk6fm8xyi
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34266.sG0@ay0TAAgi
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro TrojanSpy.Win32.TRICKBOT.TIGOCDN
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dc
FireEye Generic.mg.fa04235f2c1acd6e
Emsisoft Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin Trojan.Banker.Trickster.bs
Webroot Trojan.Spy.Trickbot
Avira TR/AD.TrickBot.cpsmo
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.2812D6C
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/MereTam.A
Arcabit Trojan.Mint.Trickbot.1
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Trickster
GData Gen:Heur.Mint.Trickbot.1
TACHYON Banker/W32.Trickster.306688
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Gen.Generic.C2723581
Acronis suspicious
McAfee Trojan-FQDD!FA04235F2C1A
MAX malware (ai score=97)
VBA32 BScope.TrojanBanker.Trickster
Malwarebytes Trojan.TrickBot
Panda Trj/RnkBend.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TrojanSpy.Win32.TRICKBOT.TIGOCDN
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!LWJobA5l67A
Ikarus Trojan-Banker.TrickBot
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet W32/Generic.AP.13A8BE8!tr
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.GKXS?

  • 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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