About “Zegost.2” infection

The Zegost.2 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 Zegost.2 virus can do?

• At least one process apparently crashed during execution
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• Attempts to stop active services
• Crashed cuckoomon during analysis. Report this error to the Github repo.
• Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
• Checks the system manufacturer, likely for anti-virtualization
• Creates a copy of itself
• Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Zegost.2?

File Info:
crc32: ABEB882E
md5: 8978e0afc5f7b6f48c6ddaedb166997e
name: 8978E0AFC5F7B6F48C6DDAEDB166997E.mlw
sha1: 4764d72bf32fc67936b3d72cc10962d25cea6200
sha256: fe641f750ca91dd3aa0c5be0fd612655431d597eb1f42208e678bd391710bb35
sha512: 65bce1ff655e2ea15a1d5d1dd222d3d6e2963be61b26cb9c4ca8a2f1c339053224995a5446c29d3fa76686e6926198f778331f98c05352143a8746219cd92058
ssdeep: 6144:SsIZ6nW8QIBTyPRqyhYPbncTBlhHrkndnkv0oX:/RW8EJq8YPbncT3X
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: SPUNINST.EXE
FileVersion: 6.3.0004.1 built by: dnsrv
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
ProductVersion: 6.3.0004.1
FileDescription: Windows Service Pack Uninstall    
OriginalFilename: SPUNINST.EXE
Translation: 0x0804 0x04b0

Zegost.2 also known as:

How to remove Zegost.2?

• 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.