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Should I remove “Win32/Kryptik.HKXK”?

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

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Win32/Kryptik.HKXK?


File Info:

crc32: 43FBA6C1md5: f38786af4d1a4406d06cbee1706d76bdname: F38786AF4D1A4406D06CBEE1706D76BD.mlwsha1: 0827a6957a4ae0ad3be6bed251e33c8ff297f0e5sha256: 7def159cbeba9fb4829f405fd54380d93c2af751e943d65274b94fd2c2538fc5sha512: 79e69b99970d4829996e84864b2c1a51f36e5c2e77523a5759e41aab4cf69faaf3d4d9c98d0ee2b6b7f8c87b12932926d4a8ccadac9e43aa2b57a0aac05f4542ssdeep: 24576:j1OlFnuDNpltfN0roPd/9iY9DZr/APEcMfZEbfGwg3facNFE5JA4fxEAoozQX:jclFnuDNp/fL3JDZrkbfGwg3facc5JAtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: x7248x6743x6240x6709 (C) 2006-01-14InternalName: RenshiFileVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1CompanyName: x4e09x5ce1x5927x5b66PrivateBuild: LegalTrademarks: Comments: ProductName: Renshi x5e94x7528x7a0bx5e8fSpecialBuild: ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1FileDescription: x4ebax4e8bx7ba1x7406x7cfbx7edfOriginalFilename: x4ebax4e8bx7ba1x7406x7cfbx7edf.EXETranslation: 0x0804 0x04b0

Win32/Kryptik.HKXK also known as:

K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0057cd0b1 )
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
Cylance Unsafe
Sangfor Riskware.Win32.Agent.ky
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Kryptik.034f0da9
K7GW Trojan ( 0057cd0b1 )
Cybereason malicious.57a4ae
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.HKXK
APEX Malicious
Avast FileRepMalware
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.tc
FireEye Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.36980740 (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Suspicious PE
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_71%
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic_a.a.(kcloud)
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Tnega!ml
AegisLab Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
GData Trojan.GenericKD.36980740
McAfee Artemis!F38786AF4D1A
MAX malware (ai score=85)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Downloader
Malwarebytes Malware.AI.3609510688
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R005H0DER21
Rising Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD)
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Zegost
Fortinet W32/Kryptik.HKXK!tr
AVG FileRepMalware
Paloalto generic.ml

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.HKXK?

  • 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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