How to remove “Win32/Powerless.A”?

The Win32/Powerless.A 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/Powerless.A virus can do?

Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (1 unique times)
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Win32/Powerless.A?


File Info:
crc32: 5AE35EEB
md5: 1729c0f60759c46ba51bc4f54c4980c3
name: 1729C0F60759C46BA51BC4F54C4980C3.mlw
sha1: 133ca325d2751f26591fcc3aca13aade85ca5a79
sha256: 2658a7362e5feaf769e787c7937a54dd90118800ed52666725a6946b1bb4e9b3
sha512: 42e28ecee218603fa4430e5c27c663dff5e057e369c9067653e2a5bce06d067c7db05600ad6c1b2c10c8d1954a3c02ae73631b17f8edb22fa514cc47d34d0cab
ssdeep: 49152:1xAEwMNMZZ+BhtHz1OQgZP0/a/ZX4QOmT9u/HH0eGOsj3MFcQb/90/nfZe9e:1xhw30/tHzbx/a/CQOmRuvPjsj3MFcQe
type: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Powerless.A also known as:

K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005068a91 )
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537
Cylance	Unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Powerless.9e70be87
K7GW	Trojan ( 005068a91 )
Cybereason	malicious.60759c
Symantec	Trojan.PowStage
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Powerless.A
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.MSShellcode-6360728-0
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Powerless.fktnmt
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Dwjp
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537
Sophos	ML/PE-A
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34236.Z!Z@audbmqo
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vc
FireEye	Generic.mg.1729c0f60759c46b
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1DED821
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.31381537
McAfee	Artemis!1729C0F60759
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Powerless
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	W32/Rozena.AQW!tr
AVG	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Win32/Powerless.A?

Win32/Powerless.A removal tool

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.

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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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