About “Win32/Kryptik.HLGY” infection

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

Executable code extraction
Creates RWX memory
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Win32/Kryptik.HLGY?


File Info:
crc32: 4A9E0F9A
md5: da72dd70c39eb81557891d08c868dce4
name: DA72DD70C39EB81557891D08C868DCE4.mlw
sha1: 63a60af74be9e3638e392c075c0176ed4cc8be05
sha256: 85179261d96dc79f1f6521f62b75437f522500107184d2bfe060756cbebe2d66
sha512: 7c23b0de848ea4a64e605fbe4a335e5d7b2874482edd6d6838e0c34ee5d38d585983b11ec0571884377d21bcdab9d61181839a3c740d90434d8956410b2312ce
ssdeep: 3072:/oNQK/z2dvUgKrjbeSUAjnERwDkCWptcvcb8qgAE0A2C8FQUVac8SxrKI6bl/g:waIzLgKrjbvUAjERycp6c8qgATA2TQU
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 1997-2018 The PHP Group
InternalName: APO8_12L dfdefvmbd
FileVersion: 8.7.8
CompanyName: The PHP Group
URL: http://www.php.net
LegalTrademarks: PHP
Comments: Thanks to Stig Bakken, Thies C. Arntzen, Andy Sautins, David Benson, Maxim Maletsky, Harald Radi, Antony Dovgal, Andi Gutmans, Wez Furlong, Christopher Jones, Oracle Corporation
ProductName: APO
ProductVersion: 8.7.8
FileDescription: OCI8
OriginalFilename: apo_soh8_12d.dll
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Win32/Kryptik.HLGY also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.HLGY
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	VHO:Trojan.Win32.Convagent.gen
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/EmotetedCryptc.180910
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Gen.ccmw
Sophos	ML/PE-A
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZedlaF.34722.lu8@aaVBdLki
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
FireEye	Generic.mg.da72dd70c39eb815
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_87%
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft	Program:Win32/Wacapew.C!ml
McAfee	Artemis!DA72DD70C39E
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.87 (RDML:Sr/mnEovbLfeGgAWVSjjKQ)
Ikarus	Trojan-Banker.Dridex

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.HLGY?

Win32/Kryptik.HLGY 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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