About “Worm.Agent.MSGR” infection

The Worm.Agent.MSGR 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 Worm.Agent.MSGR virus can do?

• At least one process apparently crashed during execution
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
• Creates a hidden or system file
• Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
• Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Worm.Agent.MSGR?

File Info:
crc32: B13460C6md5: aee109ee2c4bc6625ea958605e4d4f0cname: AEE109EE2C4BC6625EA958605E4D4F0C.mlwsha1: 5a6399fe28698b61123393b717afe751890b15dbsha256: 50aa9a1c71204abb82fc70efd427475e23341eca9b73368d35a89f95ae06b708sha512: 01573b5003ae522e9ff9a4fa6274c58e59c367cc57288b908b6a260d16c3d81ea632de84648db52f58b9e6a650e9c764fcb4fbb357739622d784486e8956a6b9ssdeep: 12288:VEmDMFqPHn088O8FFs0sI/R/4OAB05bnugAo3RqV:Vv088OsFuoR/4i53MVtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed, PECompact2 compressed
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Worm.Agent.MSGR also known as:

How to remove Worm.Agent.MSGR?

• 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.