Should I remove “Worm:Win32/Vobfus.AAV”?

The Worm:Win32/Vobfus.AAV 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:Win32/Vobfus.AAV virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Enumerates running processes
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Creates an autorun.inf file
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (Process Hollowing)
• Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
• Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
• Detects Avast Antivirus through the presence of a library
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Created a process from a suspicious location
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• Checks the presence of disk drives in the registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Creates a copy of itself
• Attempts to disable UAC
• Attempts to disable Windows Auto Updates
• Attempts to modify or disable Security Center warnings
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Attempts to modify Explorer settings to prevent hidden files from being displayed

How to determine Worm:Win32/Vobfus.AAV?

File Info:
name: 47E7E45D2989005F8F09.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/910fb2894e803de9b4a0e56454d67570d4a1d1d4b35acf947bedfbd509fbe2e9crc32: 66A0763Fmd5: 47e7e45d2989005f8f09296cec5ce190sha1: 94811fda68258684ee2c57ef758fb4adadf3f061sha256: 910fb2894e803de9b4a0e56454d67570d4a1d1d4b35acf947bedfbd509fbe2e9sha512: 3ef34ec06377e4fecd4ef2c2b480a94d04655b945206b9cd967629ca765eae5d6e950ea25746ae5f111ca82c31d0da183af50b577fffdd5120d08ed06020e4d4ssdeep: 3072:pMNTM6dFFE0gPJjzMzyDX62DHEt7KezRQBsRbzBpOViJ9GcXx:pOg2mtDu7KqCViqcBtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T19004BF0BB922185BCC685AB245F781DD4B7B2CD376832B1FB60076681CB3FD029566F6sha3_384: b61310d45c20e208895a9f5400aa2fdeadb0378f29ad62ddfe593c24abfa1d462ca718cb0b5a32356c86067a57b50d59ep_bytes: 6810144000e8f0ffffff0000ffcc3100timestamp: 2014-05-12 07:08:19
Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Worm:Win32/Vobfus.AAV also known as:

How to remove Worm:Win32/Vobfus.AAV?

• 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.