Categories: FakePUA

What is “Win32:FakeFolder [PUP]”?

The Win32:FakeFolder [PUP] 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:FakeFolder [PUP] virus can do?

Reads data out of its own binary image
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs

How to determine Win32:FakeFolder [PUP]?


File Info:
crc32: AAF41D96md5: 84e48888e69e90633e24b1a0682a1430name: 84E48888E69E90633E24B1A0682A1430.mlwsha1: c8c048e1cf1d0507594a5ab952942ffb556681fbsha256: 3dd208e54d596ddb257882c678e8555956e1419a5523ed1b25a50c3b4785773csha512: 7732e7db37b8311589ded5d305a034bf3720d2c3fcbee2e563b45fb4ebe1ec8556e32aaf4b21a87f940d583a435507046344ff08e1f8e79fa416ba7dfc2730eassdeep: 3072:1FkSQ/fec1XCC91MF3FUK5tin1/reXAy:vQnec1XvMFVUKHy/Jytype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32:FakeFolder [PUP] also known as:

DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop6.12371
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.20159
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/FakeFolder.3a9f8525
Cybereason	malicious.1cf1d0
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:FakeFolder [PUP]
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZelphiF.34266.gGW@aCza7Vx
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.cc
FireEye	Generic.mg.84e48888e69e9063
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1135163
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2D2A438
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.47359032
McAfee	Artemis!84E48888E69E
MAX	malware (ai score=87)
VBA32	Trojan.MulDrop
Malwarebytes	Malware.Heuristic.1001
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H09KB21
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!HgsNXHfpVWA
Fortinet	Riskware/Application
AVG	Win32:FakeFolder [PUP]
Paloalto	generic.ml