Categories: Malware

Should I remove “Win32/LockScreen.PU”?

The Win32/LockScreen.PU 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/LockScreen.PU virus can do?

Repeatedly searches for a not-found browser, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
Performs some HTTP requests
Unconventionial binary language: Russian
Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

edgedl.me.gvt1.com

How to determine Win32/LockScreen.PU?


File Info:
crc32: B654DAA9md5: 72ab1da993baf1cf6ef0fd40c14f5b80name: 72AB1DA993BAF1CF6EF0FD40C14F5B80.mlwsha1: 04e389acffac9cf245e13e7669d1b9a6ec899e90sha256: cd735055f0d876bd0abce4fed9c26140b94bab3b2fb8a825172a2617c5fe2da6sha512: 2c57e5846da6a3e2be156f526539aaa53540c3914919794db92b3be089493c5d97757ec42ee69e1a7fb4b1bc8f97bce2fb81a264ea1898f5f628e0dbb440ae7bssdeep: 3072:QmxL5psP0c5VW5P/aJbqLmoAURUFISu2xLWPI/HI3jJRqMy:fxL5qs0s9+wTAkSxWPwHI3jitype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2009InternalName: InstallerFileVersion: 3, 23, 1, 1ProductName: InstallerProductVersion: 3, 23, 1, 11FileDescription: InstallerOriginalFilename: InstallerTranslation: 0x0419 0x04b0

Win32/LockScreen.PU also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.Winlock.1176
ALYac	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.596253126
Zillya	Trojan.PinkBlocker.Win32.288
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Cybereason	malicious.993baf
Cyren	W32/Risk.SSUN-3578
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/LockScreen.PU
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	Trojan-Ransom.Win32.PinkBlocker.ux
Alibaba	Ransom:Win32/PinkBlocker.6a16ca7d
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.PinkBlocker.bkvfr
ViRobot	Spyware.Ransom.PinkBlocker.143360.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik
Ad-Aware	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Comodo	Malware@#2e2kjpjxdelx8
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.19CAF94D1C
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
TrendMicro	TROJ_RANSOM.HO
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.cc
FireEye	Generic.mg.72ab1da993baf1cf
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Webroot	W32.Orsam.Gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Orsam!rts
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.PinkBlocker.j!c
GData	Gen:Trojan.Heur.iu0@!h3T05ik
McAfee	Artemis!72AB1DA993BA
VBA32	TScope.Malware-Cryptor.SB
Panda	Generic Malware
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_RANSOM.HO
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDML:bMQc2LSdIhkhy2Bw4GeT5Q)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!IxnSB4I8VUI
Ikarus	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Blocker
Fortinet	W32/LockScreen.20580!tr