Easy Guide To Delete GreyEnergy Malware From Targeted Device (Remove Malware Virus)

Researchers Report On GreyEnergy

 

These days, a new highly advanced malware actor named GreyEnergy is on public map that mainly targets PCs in critical infrastructure sector in Ukraine. This malware shows too much similarities with BlackEnergy group means other infamous group of hackers mainly responsible for the similar infrastructure attack in the Ukraine. As per the reports of ESET, it might be also linked to Telebots means another cyber criminal hacker organization mainly known for NotPeya malware used by hackers to target the security agencies of government in large number of Western countries. Similar to other malware, GreyEnergy is also dangerous for targeted devices, so the deletion of this malware is too much essential.

GreyEnergy : A Quick View On It's Detail

• Name – GreyEnergy
• Type – Hacking group
• Category – Trojan
• Similar To – BlackEnergy group
• Related Malware –COMpfun, Potao Express, xHunt etc.
• Discovered On – Year 2015
• Deletion – Possible, using Windows Scanner Tool
• Data Recovery – Possible, by using appropriate Data Recovery Tool.

Know Reasons Why Experts Believes GreyEnergy Related To BlackEnergy APT

• Both has emerged same time in the cybercrime world.
• Both hacking group tends to operating with light-weight and flexible utility.
• Both hacking groups are mainly concentrated in the Ukraine and Poland.
• Both are mainly known for targeting the critical sectors including energy or industrial related institutions.
• Both seems to be closely related to its infrastructure.

Get Familiar With Infection Vectors of GreyEnergy

GreyEnergy is a part of deadly, vicious and dangerous malware that compromises PC secretly using lots of tricky ways. But it mainly employs 2 main method including phishing emails and utilities including WinExe, PsExec, Mimikatz and many more which are available publicly. Another potential sources of it's distribution are torrent downloads, exploit kits, fake sites, unsafe domain, software bundles, P2P file sharing network and many more. To avoid system having GreyEnergy, experts often advised users to do these actions :

• Employ the multi-layered defense/security.
• Keep your System's security software up-to-date.
• Keep complete backup of stored data as well as files regularly.
• Never respond to any message appear from unknown sender and many more.

Reasons Behind The Deletion of GreyEnergy Immediately

At the moment, GreyEnergy has no any destructive capabilities but it seems to be mainly focused on the reconnaissance and espionage operations on the industrial control system workstations that mainly executing on the SCADA software as well as server. Since, it has the modular architecture, so it is capable for backdoor access, logging keystrokes, do file exfiltration, steal credentials and many more. It's attack has been noticed since 2015 to target the energy company in Poland. The primary attributes of GreyEnergy is Command & Control server that communicate only with the specific machine on hacked network which mainly act as the proxies for contaminated workstations. Specifically, it has been used to hide espionage activity, communicate with internal server that mainly relays detail to C2 and many more. It's actions are completely unsafe for PC, so the removal of GreyEnergy is essential.

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How to Remove GreyEnergy from Compromised PC (Manual Steps)

(This guide is intended to help users in following Step by Step instructions in making Windows Safe)

 

The first step which need to be followed is to Restart Windows PC in Safe Mode

Reboot in Safe Mode (For Windows XP | Vista | Win7)

1. Restart Computer
2. Tap on F8 continuously when the PC starts booting and select the option to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 8/8.1

1. Press on the Start Button and then Choose Control Panel from the menu option
2. Users need to opt for System and Security, to select Administrative Tools and then System Configuration.

3.  Next, Click on the Safe Boot option and then choose OK, this will open a pop-up window, next Select Restart Option.

For Windows 10

1. Start Menu is to be selected to Open it
2. Press the power button icon which is present in the right corner, this will display power options menu.
3. Keeping the SHIFT Key pressed on the keyboard, select the restart option. This will reboot Win 10
4. Now you need to select the Troubleshoot icon, followed by advanced option in the startup Settings. Click on Restart. This will give the option to reboot, now select Enter Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2. Uninstall GreyEnergy from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to GreyEnergy using Task Manager

1. Firstly, Open Task Manager by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc in Combination
2. Next, Click on processes to Find GreyEnergy
3. Now Click and select End Process to terminate GreyEnergy.

Step3: How to Uninstall GreyEnergy from Control Panel on Windows

for Win XP| Vista and Win 7 Users

1. Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Control Panel is to be selected from the list
3. Next Click on Uninstall Program
4. Users need to Choose suspicious program related to GreyEnergy and right clicking on it.
5. Finally, Select Uninstall option.

For Win 8

• Click and Select “Charms bar”
• Now Select Settings Option
• Next Click on Control Panel
• Select on Uninstall a Program Option and right click on program associated to GreyEnergy and finally uninstall it.

For Windows 10

1. The first Step is to Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Click on All Apps
3. Choose GreyEnergy and other suspicious program from the complete list
4. Now right Click on to select GreyEnergy and finally Uninstall it from Windows 10

Step: 4 How to Delete GreyEnergy Created Files from Registry

• Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Windows Search Field and then press on Enter.
• This will open the registry entries. Now users need to press CTRL + F together and type GreyEnergy to find the entries.
• Once located, delete all GreyEnergy named entries. If you are unable to find it, you need to look up for it on the directories manually. Be careful and delete only GreyEnergy entries, else it can damage your Windows Computer severely.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

Still having any problem in getting rid of GreyEnergy, or have any doubt regarding this, feel free to ask our experts.