Categories: Malware

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: 5AE35EEBmd5: 1729c0f60759c46ba51bc4f54c4980c3name: 1729C0F60759C46BA51BC4F54C4980C3.mlwsha1: 133ca325d2751f26591fcc3aca13aade85ca5a79sha256: 2658a7362e5feaf769e787c7937a54dd90118800ed52666725a6946b1bb4e9b3sha512: 42e28ecee218603fa4430e5c27c663dff5e057e369c9067653e2a5bce06d067c7db05600ad6c1b2c10c8d1954a3c02ae73631b17f8edb22fa514cc47d34d0cabssdeep: 49152:1xAEwMNMZZ+BhtHz1OQgZP0/a/ZX4QOmT9u/HH0eGOsj3MFcQb/90/nfZe9e:1xhw30/tHzbx/a/CQOmRuvPjsj3MFcQetype: 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?

  • 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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