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Win32/Kryptik.HQST removal

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What Win32/Kryptik.HQST virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
Executed a command line with /C or /R argument to terminate command shell on completion which can be used to hide execution
Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
Reads data out of its own binary image
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Georgian
Authenticode signature is invalid
Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
CAPE detected the Tofsee malware family
Deletes executed files from disk
Created a service that was not started
Anomalous binary characteristics
Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

How to determine Win32/Kryptik.HQST?


File Info:
name: 0C89124276F33BD48867.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/5955982c864b79d18e457e0e56d8f390a780413fc12fa1e3486e7313a108f241crc32: D5C74828md5: 0c89124276f33bd488674d996b0faf2dsha1: 823a4c0ebaf62a7c88afbe7a7fc5ea90b06225d8sha256: 5955982c864b79d18e457e0e56d8f390a780413fc12fa1e3486e7313a108f241sha512: e65b51bdbcd1b1731a082220675893fa6fb8c876c5b71063f6317db75a28c6bb133dc412022cf91c65c01951031a07d896b766076403f521b47ec5b7b7495ca2ssdeep: 3072:9VnqVni+rSH3c5nnLnaFTDRCwAmlIjcnFTeMtM50EoPjajajajajajajajajajaT:ar++2nCN0FTTeOEtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T164E64ADA86ED0DB6C17A513C1B647F958EFFEB51A7097903F2B308E099223C500E6997sha3_384: dcb39236bb55fd340e8d9cd077c9771955e6f028d21b0e9c05fb2164a03e258f26cbb6bcbd5777a0cdc8f14aa1d54491ep_bytes: e89a3e0000e978feffff8bff558bec83timestamp: 2022-01-12 10:44:50
Version Info:
FileVersions: 9.1.9.3Copyright: Copyright (C) 2022, somoklosProjectVersion: 74.35.66.25

Win32/Kryptik.HQST also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.91768
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Ransomx-9967933-0
FireEye	Generic.mg.0c89124276f33bd4
McAfee	Artemis!0C89124276F3
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.a
Cybereason	malicious.ebaf62
Cyren	W32/Ransom.QS.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.HQST
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:RansomX-gen [Ransom]
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Tofsee.gen
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.91768
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKDZ.91768
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.91768 (B)
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen18.46018
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Jaik.94874
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Win32.Trojan.PSE.A1VQ1U
Jiangmin	Trojan.Agent.eeoh
Avira	TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.8149
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D16678
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Tofsee.gen
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/StopCrypt.SF!MTB
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Ransomware/Win.StopCrypt.R514674
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.CoinMiner
MAX	malware (ai score=83)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.MalPack.GS
Rising	Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (TFE:5:6AVRck7XkjV)
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Crypt
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.HQSO!tr
AVG	Win32:RansomX-gen [Ransom]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)