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

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

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Sample contains Overlay data
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Presents an Authenticode digital signature
  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • A ping command was executed with the -n argument possibly to delay analysis
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Created a process from a suspicious location
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Detects the presence of Windows Defender AV emulator via files
  • Deletes executed files from disk
  • Anomalous binary characteristics
  • Suspicious use of certutil was detected
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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


File Info:

name: 5A5E6D385FF648353270.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/353d1ef06642918ecadc91b21ea0c12abdc2f56fc46a931a2b5c56185395af5ccrc32: 491679A1md5: 5a5e6d385ff6483532700abcdd73275asha1: 40fe2396e26a14a2971474f3987c4fe94a88ad59sha256: 353d1ef06642918ecadc91b21ea0c12abdc2f56fc46a931a2b5c56185395af5csha512: 7e5b351f03147a73dfa1627ea9e71ef22fbd30a804e696b2a15a1df21aaebab1567e3ebd1a4bd1d4bb2e9fe283090e0bfbc1fe3eec264f8b90ae546085547afassdeep: 24576:JQ4ziAFP8ucSvbw30xfKIo5vkRUUqPcdinRIxHxeYwFk0nzl4k6KTkcCYh:JQ4ziArcSD6Io5vDtdGxeYwq0zl4krtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T192652327C9EC4623FEB18BB411F905D71239BA415B70978B731D8DC878A1BA4B93472Bsha3_384: f3837201f15c38f09ec6a885773fcad6ce5b502cdec04fd607122de554f5632d2d4e1c726c7b93cbdb1e50977e41ba5bep_bytes: e8070b0000e905000000cccccccccc6atimestamp: 2013-10-14 05:50:27

Version Info:

CompanyName: Microsoft CorporationFileDescription: Hiy59 Vvnxihi Rhtpwleqrv FileVersion: 4.7.2017.69976 (fmojwtc_bza.712559-3212)InternalName: Nbanggc LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. Uju Svdskp Rxqzncqm.OriginalFilename: NRIGKSX.EXE .CJMProductName: Windows® Internet ExplorerProductVersion: 4.7.2017.69976Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

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

MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
FireEye Generic.mg.5a5e6d385ff64835
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper.WXT.Generic
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Alien.vho
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0057661d1 )
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/Alien.23fcb91a
K7GW Trojan ( 0057661d1 )
Cybereason malicious.85ff64
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Packed.CAB.K suspicious
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Alien.vho
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Swli
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.36258707 (B)
VIPRE Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
TrendMicro Ransom.Win32.CONTI.SMA.hp
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Webroot W32.Dropper.Gen
Microsoft Ransom:Win32/Conti
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Alien.vho
GData Trojan.GenericKD.36258707
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Gen.RL_Generic.R363900
McAfee Artemis!5A5E6D385FF6
MAX malware (ai score=82)
TrendMicro-HouseCall Ransom.Win32.CONTI.SMA.hp
Rising Dropper.Certutil!1.D0D0 (CLASSIC)
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.74662763.susgen
Fortinet W32/Alien.KPT!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Panda Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Win32/Packed.CAB.K 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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