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About “Worm:Win32/Brontok” infection

Malware Removal

The Worm:Win32/Brontok 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:Win32/Brontok virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Worm:Win32/Brontok?


File Info:

crc32: 5E6B58C7
md5: 23561c28f612be9b00de7fffedf8bff2
name: 23561C28F612BE9B00DE7FFFEDF8BFF2.mlw
sha1: 502bb1642ec0395dbfd21788e99380bd2f6319f5
sha256: 6e06771ba74fa5460a3430e9eeec008eec7104b25dc1394841eb98cb518c0943
sha512: 690f6be5e662051b6f864a378e7c0ebd8dedfd0737ee3e611fa927c578951eb0f6a0587ac8f252722a50a5ea1d304c064d0589fcc12bb625bc8f2f9b0afc9898
ssdeep: 768:YuY/s4FRXQxhjv2CgOOEuuxKfpUgcYl7CIwrd6hII3R0LVS1v35BMCn:KswRXQxhjv2jOJuuMpUrYycB0Vq5D
type: MS-DOS executable

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Worm:Win32/Brontok also known as:

BkavW32.BrontokQ.Worm
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 003c84cb1 )
TotalDefenseWin32/Robknot.BD
MicroWorld-eScanWin32.Generic.497796
CMCGeneric.Win32.23561c28f6!MD
CAT-QuickHealW32.Brontok.Q
ALYacWin32.Generic.497796
MalwarebytesHackTool.Patcher
ZillyaWorm.Brontok.Win32.197
CrowdStrikemalicious_confidence_100% (W)
K7GWTrojan ( 003c84cb1 )
Cybereasonmalicious.8f612b
TrendMicroWORM_BRONTOK.IP
BaiduWin32.Worm-Email.Brontok.b
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.Brontok.eopomh
CyrenW32/Brontok.C.gen!Eldorado
SymantecW32.Rontokbro@mm
ESET-NOD32Win32/Brontok.EL
ZonerI-Worm.Brontok.EL
TheHackerW32/Brontok.q
AvastWin32:Rontokbr-L [Wrm]
ClamAVWin.Worm.Brontok-59
GDataWin32.Trojan.Agent.6QGY4F
KasperskyEmail-Worm.Win32.Brontok.q
BitDefenderWin32.Generic.497796
ViRobotI-Worm.Win32.A.Brontok.42692
SUPERAntiSpywareTrojan.Agent/Gen-FakeSec
TencentTrojan.Win32.FakeFolder.v
Ad-AwareWin32.Generic.497796
SophosW32/Brontok-D
F-SecureWin32.Generic.497796
DrWebWin32.Virut.5
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0
Invinceaheuristic
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.Rontokbro.pc
EmsisoftWin32.Generic.497796 (B)
SentinelOnestatic engine – malicious
F-ProtW32/Brontok.CK@mm
Endgamemalicious (high confidence)
WebrootW32.Worm.Brontok.Gen
AviraWORM/Brontok.C
Antiy-AVLWorm[Email]/Win32.Brontok
MicrosoftWorm:Win32/Brontok
ZoneAlarmEmail-Worm.Win32.Brontok.q
TACHYONWorm/W32.Brontok.42692
AhnLab-V3Win32/Brontok.worm.47347
McAfeeW32/Rontokbro.worm
MAXmalware (ai score=100)
VBA32Email-Worm.Brontok
PandaTrj/WLT.A
TrendMicro-HouseCallWORM_BRONTOK.IP
RisingTrojan.Win32.Undef.ssq (CLASSIC)
YandexI-Worm.Brontok!rkIP3DE84BA
IkarusEmail-Worm.Win32.Brontok.N
FortinetW32/Brontok.C@mm
AVGWin32:Rontokbr-L [Wrm]
Paloaltogeneric.ml
Qihoo-360Win32/Worm.Email-Worm.343

How to remove Worm:Win32/Brontok?

Worm:Win32/Brontok 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.

About the author

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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