How to remove “Win32/Spy.VB.QQ”?

The Win32/Spy.VB.QQ 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/Spy.VB.QQ virus can do?

Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32/Spy.VB.QQ?


File Info:
name: 08D9F340475393CEB1C1.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/94e524c7e72bf798cef6be21a4ab4d93a7a2476037e8c2a41f5e758ad4f40a32
crc32: 04258852
md5: 08d9f340475393ceb1c1fc36cb819db6
sha1: 97bc02cc1305002a8ef7aadf1b44d2f597a133f1
sha256: 94e524c7e72bf798cef6be21a4ab4d93a7a2476037e8c2a41f5e758ad4f40a32
sha512: 56422954a15f28511271a48fd7cd4ecd949e58a10d25f6eff471a6f161ff6a388e773a84611cbb4773604ef029e62b1dbe1925a611755bdf670540e8c19ecb42
ssdeep: 1536:nR8oocJKG88wy6Idiz2lMM1U9/5dxen0KdR91WcOw0OTwH4hWE0f1:bJ3l6Idiz2lnWZG04910O10d
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1D5D3613AFA045019F5A182F53C385A9776481E705285AC27FB81BB4D32B2BD2F5F4B1B
sha3_384: fc1699504cae0e764cc3a6f03905fb0947c6ee93504f0f26cafdd2008a9a34b0e6187b05324cad39568acb67dd9bc390
ep_bytes: 68c82a4000e8f0ffffff000000000000
timestamp: 2007-12-12 02:54:28

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0
Comments: Surf the Internet.
CompanyName: w.w.w
FileDescription: IE
LegalCopyright: 2008
LegalTrademarks: Trademark (TM)
ProductName: World.Wide Web
FileVersion: 4.03.0002
ProductVersion: 4.03.0002
InternalName: iexplorer
OriginalFilename: iexplorer.exe

Win32/Spy.VB.QQ also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.VB.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Xetstkpi-6807698-0
FireEye	Generic.mg.08d9f340475393ce
McAfee	GenericRXRD-UW!08D9F3404753
Cylance	Unsafe
VIPRE	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
Sangfor	Suspicious.Win32.Save.vb
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0000000c1 )
Alibaba	TrojanSpy:Win32/NewHeur.c2ba694b
K7GW	Trojan ( 0000000c1 )
Cybereason	malicious.047539
Cyren	W32/VB-Wird-based!Maximus
Symantec	Trojan Horse
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Spy.VB.QQ
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.VB.pi
BitDefender	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.VB.ulsn
Avast	Win32:VB-HGH [Spy]
Rising	Trojan.Win32.VB.zsl (CLASSIC)
Ad-Aware	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
Comodo	Suspicious@#31jm1hpr86or6
DrWeb	BackDoor.Generic.1662
Zillya	Trojan.VB.Win32.2012
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXRD-UW!08D9F3404753
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
GData	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
Jiangmin	TrojanSpy.VB.faw
Avira	TR/VB.Downloader.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.11C
Kingsoft	Win32.Heur.KVM006.a.(kcloud)
Arcabit	Trojan.Heur.E1E10D
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Spy.Win32.VB.pi
Microsoft	TrojanSpy:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Spyware/Win32.VB.C208316
BitDefenderTheta	AI:Packer.D8227AA61C
ALYac	Gen:Trojan.Heur.im0@XetSTkpi
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-Spy.Vb.Ekjl
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!UIXx9QQU4A8
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.VB.qq
Fortinet	W32/VB.PI!tr
AVG	Win32:VB-HGH [Spy]
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen

How to remove Win32/Spy.VB.QQ?

Win32/Spy.VB.QQ 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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