Trojan.Fileless.MTGen
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Short bio
Trojan.Fileless.MTGen is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for the startup locations in use by fileless infections that gain persistence by creating these registry keys on Windows systems.
Malicious behavior
In the majority of the cases, the registry keys created by Trojan.Fileless.MTGen are designed to run Powershell commands that carry out the rest of the infection. Other than Powershell, we have also seen the mshtacommand used as such.
Protection
Malwarebytes prevents Trojan.Fileless.MTGen
Business remediation
How to remove Trojan.Fileless.MTGen with the Malwarebytes Nebula console
You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.
Nebula endpoint tasks menu
Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections pageto see which threats were found.
On the Quarantine pageyou can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Trojan.Fileless.MTGen without further user interaction.