About “Win32/Kryptik.HNKJ” infection

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

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• HTTPS urls from behavior.
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Spanish (Paraguay)
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Looks up the external IP address
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• CAPE detected the RedLineDropperAHK malware family
• Attempts to identify installed AV products by installation directory
• Checks the CPU name from registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Created network traffic indicative of malicious activity

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How to determine Win32/Kryptik.HNKJ?

File Info:
name: 9F957648863482FE0196.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/167babea8b4f143b063ca94d7bea4396a0817e7acf111e8f357041e87db1e4ffcrc32: D37AD50Emd5: 9f957648863482fe0196cca5bf3affe8sha1: 143134d3214ea8abccf2b47e0fbb250bffa77f1bsha256: 167babea8b4f143b063ca94d7bea4396a0817e7acf111e8f357041e87db1e4ffsha512: 6d49d24cc8535193886092bad0f872c4bbc9a6e65f22dafd562d97981579726f792c329f3c815b3463e89758a9f3607cf27ea5fa403a277c15890f687e4267a9ssdeep: 12288:ZaHhfOJdTTofwgcsaAnkHeqCBJp9mZizR9mxRX0aKmemch:ABmdPofwJsxnkIuizzKKMctype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1E1E4010477A1C039F5B717F499B693A8663E3D615B3894C7A2C52BF996706E0EE3030Bsha3_384: ec092c6bb00c2b390b4f0104fb5cee97e67380c84dd0cb65b537adeecaea447737109b56317e46652cdf65759ea6e3b5ep_bytes: 8bff558bece806030000e8110000005dtimestamp: 2021-05-27 02:40:55
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Kryptik.HNKJ also known as:

How to remove Win32/Kryptik.HNKJ?

• 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.