Ghost64exe [verified] <Free Forever>

Ghost64.exe is the native 64-bit executable for Symantec Ghost, an industry-standard disk cloning and deployment tool. It is primarily used within the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite to create exact "images" of hard drives for rapid restoration or deployment across multiple computers. Core Purpose and Functionality

5.2 Mitigation

• Enforce Microsoft Defender ASR rules blocking process hollowing patterns.
• Enable Credential Guard to protect LSASS from memory scraping.
• Deploy Sysmon with Event ID 8 (CreateRemoteThread) and Event ID 25 (Process Hollowing detection).

Step 1: Boot into Safe Mode with Networking

Restart your PC and press F8 (or Shift + Restart → Troubleshoot → Advanced Options → Startup Settings → Safe Mode with Networking). This prevents the malware from loading its full process tree. ghost64exe

Step 2: Terminate the Process Tree

Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), find ghost64.exe, right-click, and select End Process Tree. Note any child processes (e.g., powershell.exe or cmd.exe launched by it). Ghost64