RiskWare.NSudo

Short bio

RiskWare.NSudo is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a legitimate system management tool that is often abused by cybercriminals.

Type and source of infection

NSudo is a system management tool for advanced users to launch programs with full privileges. The unexpected presence of the tool could be an indicator of a compromised system.

Protection

Malwarebytes detects NSudo as Riskware.NSudo during scans to make users aware of the presence of the tool, so they can make an informed decision about its presence.

Home remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove RiskWare.NSudo without further user interaction.

Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
Click on the Get started button.
Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Business remediation

How to remove RiskWare.NSudo 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 page to see which threats were found. On the Quarantine page you can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Add an exclusion

Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.

Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
Click the Detection History
Click the Allow List
To add an item to the Allow List, click Add.
Select the exclusion type Allow a file or folder and use the Select a folder button to select the main folder for the software that you wish to keep.
Repeat this for any secondary files or folder(s) that belong to the software.

If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.