About “Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA” infection

The Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA 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.

What Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA virus can do?

• Loads a driver
• Unconventionial binary language: Russian
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Deletes its original binary from disk
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
• Anomalous binary characteristics

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How to determine Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA?

File Info:
crc32: 12FAAC22md5: 2166baf43ee1ed06961a155a29cb08abname: 2166BAF43EE1ED06961A155A29CB08AB.mlwsha1: ed03a2a3c518381663573d4f61edab76512b1dd2sha256: cf0c9d798b1086b2d20363664f64c2844c70ab48037a7b19771dc77b6f00d8e5sha512: 15823f12bf6970763aff0fe618f7976d9b7ac15a12bfdde680ea18d1cc9b4149c7c87456f2c17837e213105763a5131d78a04aee6de38032685bceb322b4b2f6ssdeep: 1536:BXuK3XoZzwCK1ooX7utH4dGb0H8c4QwGmNLK7o8QABE8CjzKRoFg48C+soG:/3XMzIo87utH9b0TwH1gylGy9t+s/type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2009InternalName: RmqnxeFileVersion: 2, 1, 0, 4ProductName: Rmqnxe ApplicationProductVersion: 2, 1, 0, 4FileDescription: Rmqnxe ApplicationOriginalFilename: Rmqnxe.exeTranslation: 0x0419 0x04b0

Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA also known as:

How to remove Win32/Rootkit.Festi.AA?

• 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.