Coverton Ransomware
Posted: March 27, 2016
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 9 |
First Seen: | March 27, 2016 |
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OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Coverton is an aggressive file-locking Trojan that may deprive you of access to your files forever. There are many similar ransomware infections in the cyberspace. Commonly, they apply complex encrypting techniques to make the victims unable to open their pictures, Office documents, archives, video files, etc. Most of them keep the locked data hostage until the person pays a certain ransom. Although the Coverton Ransomware behaves in the same manner, there is one significant difference between the Coverton Ransomware and other similar threats. Even if you pay the desired ransom, the hackers behind this threatening Trojan may not send you the decryption key. As a result, you may never be able to restore the data you had on your hard drives. Unfortunately, the applied encrypting methods are almost impossible to break. Coverton uses a unique combination of AES and RSA algorithms, which may change the structure of the affected files irrevocably. This cyber threat may encrypt over 950 different file formats. The Coverton Ransomware spares only essential components of the Operating System (OS) to make sure it will boot normally. Since you may be unable to fix your PC after the infection takes place, it is better to prevent it. Although Coverton possesses some unique or rarely seen features, its operators aren't using some unseen distribution tactics. You may install the Trojan if you open corrupted email attachments or download bogus updates for Adobe or Java. The Coverton Ransomware remains silent initially. The parasite reveals its presence only after it encrypts your files. When the task is complete, you will notice a message in all of your folders with information about the infection. The extensions of your files will become .coverton, .enigma or .czvxce. The hackers ask the victims for a ransom of 1 Bitcoin, which is roughly equal to $400. Many users report that their files remained unreadable even after they paid, so you should not consider doing it. If you have a backup, you can delete Coverton ransomware with powerful security software, and import back the files.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:f5f9ce7b75289d0caaa278c1e7c426cce6aab4033f1100d492fca41000016b0a.exe
File name: f5f9ce7b75289d0caaa278c1e7c426cce6aab4033f1100d492fca41000016b0a.exeSize: 188.41 KB (188416 bytes)
MD5: b7e1ce8db3cde548ee3b9f9e61841395
Detection count: 83
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 27, 2016
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File name: 59bc05ad9a59fcb2782d415c413ebb47c952306cb93f6b49a1bd264abb101bf7.exeSize: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: 93c66b794eae6549b4c6d2c518bc6db9
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 27, 2016
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File name: 16948cbcbae291ceafae7145e8d02a93988fcfc7f8ce6d72e1d1e09a87d349e4.exeSize: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: 2fdfe3228577f043acdc302c0e351b81
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 27, 2016
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\crrss.exe
File name: crrss.exeSize: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: c5c4f4860c69ea7469ca3be3caf5bf18
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 27, 2016
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