Should I remove “Adware.BrowseFox.109”?

The Adware.BrowseFox.109 is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What Adware.BrowseFox.109 virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Adware.BrowseFox.109?


File Info:
name: 4D9990761F6FE6E57612.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/cafa7adbce76a9417494885679a29cdf6375bfe4708c9ece59ba0f62746cbad9
crc32: D289F2FE
md5: 4d9990761f6fe6e5761298215645cc32
sha1: f7737954e8e4bd992859ae99b95ab0eadfde87a9
sha256: cafa7adbce76a9417494885679a29cdf6375bfe4708c9ece59ba0f62746cbad9
sha512: 271cc033346bb20816a4109bd71fc8f3bc242a1d63ce7561d5415207cc1c8123311e35d834f75500875b290ebe1ce3bc4e1fb216887517b9bca4e5d8c43aefbc
ssdeep: 12288:9bxwc+HcnrxIaEatI3rtSkE1fi5IM6JWrlK5FFpZ8dyvJY:xxwc+HcrObtSkofi5iWrluZOn
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1BFD45B227B88D076F17F1B36B86537342A7E79722F729A9B278402185D723C1D971E23
sha3_384: 3004466f50c1ddeef18724b67a7dc47cfdf9de8a6e58b548cef985a2eca33e5d84632f5ed401a1749cdf7566ce60d2e8
ep_bytes: 558bec837d0c017505e825040000ff75
timestamp: 2017-09-10 23:05:25

Version Info:
FileVersion: 1.0.6462.28954
ProductVersion: 1.0.6462.28954
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Adware.BrowseFox.109 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Adware.Win32.Generic.2!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109
FireEye	Generic.mg.4d9990761f6fe6e5
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Mauvaise.S2328977
Skyhigh	BrowseFox-FBK
McAfee	BrowseFox-FBK
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 005a958a1 )
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/BrowseFox.229f4d3f
K7GW	Adware ( 005a958a1 )
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.BrowseFox.109
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZedlaF.36744.MC9@amtf3Zci
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.BrowseFox.CL
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
APEX	Malicious
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.exdoti
Avast	Win32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
Tencent	Adware.Win32.Browsefox.c
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
F-Secure	Adware.ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare.Generic.ittp
Avira	ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.AGeneric
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.995
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt@#3k17oce01lwks
Microsoft	BrowserModifier:Win32/Foxiebro
ViRobot	Adware.Razy.633372.U
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109
Varist	W32/S-62844548!Eldorado
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Generic.R209473
VBA32	BScope.Adware.BrowseFox
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.109
Cylance	unsafe
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.100 (RDML:QtFLzmyiY2yrn1CuvbNMrA)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!iKihiJ8i80g
Ikarus	PUA.BrowseFox
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.12116207.susgen
Fortinet	Adware/Generic
AVG	Win32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.BrowseFox.109?

Adware.BrowseFox.109 removal tool

Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
“Move to quarantine” all items.
Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
Restart your computer.

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Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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