About “Adware.BrowserAssistant” infection

The Adware.BrowserAssistant 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.BrowserAssistant virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
Binary file triggered YARA rule

How to determine Adware.BrowserAssistant?


File Info:
name: E6E6F782FF39FACA8913.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/8f9ea4cc1e33ce1060ba54c112d409371d88b806ccf67f77cee44190d7dd5e01
crc32: E9172347
md5: e6e6f782ff39faca89136924328284d1
sha1: a49b805715ef431b89109cf8350521cc6ef63885
sha256: 8f9ea4cc1e33ce1060ba54c112d409371d88b806ccf67f77cee44190d7dd5e01
sha512: 23195c699bd6ec215d596165983d2f6b303ea6ab23a785c1b1872fbe188164da219957f00541f8d6a5082e9add809d49fd690e71a25dc4914f59788931b37a5d
ssdeep: 6144:OBg9Bl74qrDise/lCVL33EyrLuHbZYz/AwwDvvoqfFgYs5:nR5Xtkcz/wTnCN5
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T140649107B9588D29C5B8F736C7676D117363B18D9F43D363A9C8C7E63842282AD0A76C
sha3_384: acf5e4fd6d8d752564a5dd112bddf41661d6bab11612e0841d45d08348a5352118412ab58e6ef23f0b80fd1b233591fa
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2022-12-01 03:01:16

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
Comments: 
CompanyName: 
FileDescription: Driver
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
InternalName: BrowserAssistant.Driver.dll
LegalCopyright: Copyright ©  2018
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: BrowserAssistant.Driver.dll
ProductName: Driver
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

Adware.BrowserAssistant also known as:

Lionic	Adware.Win32.Generic.2!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
Skyhigh	Artemis!PUP
McAfee	Artemis!E6E6F782FF39
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Adware.BrowserAssistant.Win32.858
Symantec	PUA.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Adware.BrowserAssistant.G
Avast	Win32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.13bd2305
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1 (B)
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
MAX	malware (ai score=74)
Google	Detected
Varist	W32/ABApplication.IQFO-6171
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.BrowserAssistant
Arcabit	Trojan.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
ViRobot	Adware.Browserassistant.313744
GData	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Generic.C4434882
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Application.BrowserAssistant.1
Malwarebytes	Adware.BrowserAssistant
Yandex	PUA.BrowserAssistant!IYakOS/65jM
Ikarus	AdWare.MSIL.Browserassistant
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.111599054.susgen
Fortinet	Adware/BrowserAssistant
AVG	Win32:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.BrowserAssistant?

Adware.BrowserAssistant 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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