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What is “Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious”?

The Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious 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/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
  • Created a process from a suspicious location
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious?


File Info:

name: 7B714755E9E5876EC381.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/1a7f1e91a410058c2da9b149a553896346d450503d59209f034bb22847908390crc32: 143EA3E6md5: 7b714755e9e5876ec38176f2cc37142bsha1: 6f074b3ee2db3ed8691828c95426656863326dfdsha256: 1a7f1e91a410058c2da9b149a553896346d450503d59209f034bb22847908390sha512: da84bf2e0affb4c17a1cd09842a4db28bf616d8283700eb33ab4fad8c2eee07f5226ab0ef47c36f3df3e3c84882006fd20976d73ee617ff8eadb6f75b559e2b0ssdeep: 49152:NQlhs/DNoZ5ofmxpm3AeV/GpYy3X0T/Wq:xJoTOIpm3AeRGp1Xodtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T19E85120648859F37F8B407700966F6926334ACB1D786A7F3E2E476C91FF21972828D67sha3_384: 0144714b076d5dce21efda966992fae2a99e307ae153eb20e29dd76f306c5b33f733300981411bd6b4d0f150672c302cep_bytes: e8070b0000e905000000cccccccccc6atimestamp: 2013-08-22 04:01:48

Version Info:

ProductName: WinRARCompanyName: Alexander RoshalFileDescription: WinRAR archiverFileVersion: 5.60.0ProductVersion: 5.60.0InternalName: WinRARLegalCopyright: Copyright © Alexander Roshal 1993-2018OriginalFilename: WinRAR.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Agent.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
FireEye Generic.mg.7b714755e9e5876e
ALYac Gen:Variant.Barys.219763
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper
Zillya Backdoor.Agent.Win32.82607
Sangfor Backdoor.Win32.Agent.myuemi
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Alibaba Packed:Win32/AVEvader.f19f15bc
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Cybereason malicious.ee2db3
Cyren W32/Trojan.KGUO-4838
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky Backdoor.Win32.Agent.myuemi
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Barys.219763
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Barys.219763
Avast Script:SNH-gen [Trj]
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Barys.219763 (B)
Comodo Malware@#5uvgxl6wc448
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.tc
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Webroot W32.Agent.Gen
Avira BDS/Agent.fhbya
Kingsoft Win32.Hack.Agent.(kcloud)
Microsoft Ransom:Win32/CONTI!ml
GData Gen:Variant.Barys.219763
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win.Generic.C4712204
McAfee Artemis!7B714755E9E5
MAX malware (ai score=89)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.1728101.susgen
Fortinet W32/Malicious_Behavior.VEX
AVG Script:SNH-gen [Trj]
Panda Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Win32/Packed.CAB.AS suspicious?

  • 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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