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What is “Win32/VB.OLE”?

The Win32/VB.OLE 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/VB.OLE virus can do?

  • Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed

How to determine Win32/VB.OLE?


File Info:

name: F4EA1538B5A64D233C6C.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/1f4a05a4eff691ca815de48961fb1dc5bd5be10b86c6d57df37862905792e8d7crc32: 57287EBFmd5: f4ea1538b5a64d233c6c2afc7f6425c2sha1: 0a3cd4212a40e466b14175ec78000fc38e63a902sha256: 1f4a05a4eff691ca815de48961fb1dc5bd5be10b86c6d57df37862905792e8d7sha512: d4ea8c95b825268a7a11eb4c4e11919714d6d36b959aec07144992887b4a9e503b7cb20b1e4fe41e829c046c65bdfe6463d04d7cf6a6122a8b452aa39000400bssdeep: 3072:9VMKsWKxlGxE07ABigCFHdLYyBvzyBHNGqXgvnHZyzi0zslLFa/FzKsRTH1z:D3sWKxQ52CFHdLYKvzyZNGX/IupG2s1Ztype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1DF14426BF521C054E59240B8742CEA8AF45C7E7305446972FB81BB5939B27EFA0F6B03sha3_384: a7bd2fe0488dc0e4411302248eebd9f91c1740902ed93e2424511b70949dc362ab3e65bb7d458682c579a18b034f7e2cep_bytes: 6868784000e8f0ffffff000000000000timestamp: 2008-12-07 04:12:59

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0ProductName: Project1FileVersion: 1.00ProductVersion: 1.00InternalName: DOCUMENTOriginalFilename: DOCUMENT.exe

Win32/VB.OLE also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye Generic.mg.f4ea1538b5a64d23
CAT-QuickHeal Worm.Copali.OD3
McAfee W32/Worm-GAM!F4EA1538B5A6
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Swisyn.dfkc (fs)
K7AntiVirus P2PWorm ( 00486ea71 )
K7GW P2PWorm ( 00486ea71 )
Cybereason malicious.8b5a64
Baidu Win32.Worm.VB.bf
Cyren W32/S-a42f8a3c!Eldorado
Symantec W32.SillyFDC
ESET-NOD32 Win32/VB.OLE
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Vitro [Inf]
ClamAV Win.Dropper.Cerber-7134131-0
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Agentb.btmh
BitDefender Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.TrjGen.deyzgg
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Symmi
MicroWorld-eScan Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10b0cd1f
Ad-Aware Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT
Emsisoft Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT (B)
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Swisyn.DFX@5ci87q
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen6.19362
Zillya Trojan.Swisyn.Win32.32299
TrendMicro WORM_COPALI_EJ200083.UVPM
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.VBObfus.cm
Sophos ML/PE-A + Troj/VB-HTM
GData Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT
Jiangmin Trojan/Swisyn.wsw
Avira TR/Beebone.rhwnabs
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.93BFFC
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Zbot.184320.D
Microsoft Worm:Win32/Copali.B
TACHYON Trojan/W32.Agent.196608
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.HDC.C436931
Acronis suspicious
BitDefenderTheta AI:Packer.254A2CEF15
ALYac Backdoor.VB.Agent.ABT
MAX malware (ai score=80)
VBA32 Trojan.Agentb
Malwarebytes Trojan.Agent
TrendMicro-HouseCall WORM_COPALI_EJ200083.UVPM
Rising Worm.Copali!1.A2C3 (CLASSIC)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!UB1ZEjQvu58
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet W32/CoinMiner.F
AVG Win32:Vitro [Inf]
Panda Generic Malware
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Win32/VB.OLE?

  • 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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