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Worm.Pykspa (file analysis)

The Worm.Pykspa 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 Worm.Pykspa virus can do?

  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Created a process from a suspicious location
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Attempts to disable UAC
  • Attempts to modify UAC prompt behavior

How to determine Worm.Pykspa?


File Info:

name: CA8B6339017000F3FEDC.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/56c715174c7db6e8a77dfad751415d49ae076f6cda4c40e3c8d4082fff8b0373crc32: 4D741D19md5: ca8b6339017000f3fedcf042c1626fa4sha1: 5d77419e822a0ee7326960671d0487c23d89188asha256: 56c715174c7db6e8a77dfad751415d49ae076f6cda4c40e3c8d4082fff8b0373sha512: 3e78e3b77569dec6b16480afa7e43fb4ccab6f7b69cbb5dada6661b95d85bf66f94cff84bbf9c29767e5f0f7a6b66dd4460330cdf72659d7c669d847e2688b99ssdeep: 6144:LR8XcGxUEcNmnQ8/RtnmGcY39OANv4hituxp38u0:v8cmnXJhmFY39OANv4h8u/8type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1A3E4BF3677C0C0F1C0A280326199AF369DF6687313219567EF649A092EB96F5D73B34Bsha3_384: 7b22b708b8374b5cd218e7e1d0d4eb2c6fa4a6829af8d31fd7890b70badf0481c21fa00ee0d881bbfd5e61e1088e19ecep_bytes: 6a606898974200e896f7ffffbf940000timestamp: 2006-12-09 03:47:10

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Worm.Pykspa also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.Kypes.18
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Pykspa.1
CAT-QuickHeal Worm.Pykspa.C3
McAfee W32/Pykse.worm.gen.a
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Trojan.Vilsel.Win32.18512
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 003da8d71 )
K7GW Trojan ( 003da8d71 )
Cybereason malicious.901700
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34294.RmW@a85mTHi
Cyren W32/Pykspa.A.gen!Eldorado
Symantec W32.Pykspa.D
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AutoRun.Agent.TG
TrendMicro-HouseCall WORM_VILSEL.SMC
ClamAV Win.Worm.Pykspa-9869413-0
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Chydo.aaae
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Pykspa.1
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Vilsel.egtti
Avast Win32:Renos-KY [Trj]
Rising Worm.Pykspa!1.A60D (CLASSIC)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Pykspa.1
Sophos ML/PE-A + W32/Pykse-F
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Vilsel.Y@1v571n
Baidu Win32.Worm.Autorun.o
VIPRE Worm.Win32.Skyper.b (v)
TrendMicro WORM_VILSEL.SMC
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Pykse.jt
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
FireEye Generic.mg.ca8b6339017000f3
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Pykspa.1 (B)
Ikarus Worm.Win32.Pykspa
Jiangmin Trojan/Vilsel.riv
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.760B5
Microsoft Worm:Win32/Pykspa.C
GData Win32.Trojan.PSE.VU74Y7
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Vilsel.C19337
Acronis suspicious
VBA32 Trojan.Chydo
ALYac Gen:Variant.Pykspa.1
TACHYON Trojan/W32.Chydo.704512.B
Malwarebytes Worm.Pykspa
APEX Malicious
Tencent Trojan.Win32.BitCoinMiner.la
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!oyWE4y6VTTI
MAX malware (ai score=83)
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_100%
Fortinet W32/Pykse.F!tr
AVG Win32:Renos-KY [Trj]
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen

How to remove Worm.Pykspa?

  • 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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