About “Adware.BrowserAssistant.E” infection

The Adware.BrowserAssistant.E 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.E virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature

How to determine Adware.BrowserAssistant.E?


File Info:
name: 7E6BBCC5C056ADFC3ADC.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/8fecd88fb62d0cb2cb360bd5e38ff08e5f950486ba4926223486e68afad54db8
crc32: 2EB33ECA
md5: 7e6bbcc5c056adfc3adc365c272300d4
sha1: 2c1143472ae70f17261bd98ca8ddbe5129a15085
sha256: 8fecd88fb62d0cb2cb360bd5e38ff08e5f950486ba4926223486e68afad54db8
sha512: ad0a2ef08d8fd13d3072180902d887a6711e8397ec5bb508c4b0431f00992147b8cf1af7714ca488441ea9d5a3ffe8eef19631119cc1727807fa93f1b22437ff
ssdeep: 12288:QurjZeiIdqWKFQvjawfhVw5YJ91pK2wT1F6tVWEWvlxjn3NrABHB/5j3S+ochRzt:7hSvuKapI1S+NRzJFxiL8FgW7Z/
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T189154B2175C7C03AC5714433957CEA6A107A7F320F35A6D76AD837AD5AB8CC20E72E29
sha3_384: 30981ef06dd9394785b868e39cd5e0dc9c399e4a2ad73cad1a47e3a62368ae356679cd2327658d55e513240445151867
ep_bytes: e844060000e97afeffffcccccccccccc
timestamp: 2019-03-20 19:55:34

Version Info:
CompanyName: Millennial Media Inc
ProductVersion: 1.11.1025.28153
FileVersion: 1.11.1025.28153
ProductName: BBWC
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 2022 Millennial Media Inc
InternalName: updater
OriginalFileName: updater.exe
FileDescription: updater 1.11.1025.28153
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Adware.BrowserAssistant.E also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1
Malwarebytes	Adware.BrowserAssistant.E
Zillya	Adware.WebCompanion.Win32.6
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.WebCompanion.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1 (B)
DrWeb	Adware.BlazeMedia.2
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1
Sophos	Millennial Media (PUA)
Ikarus	PUA.BrowserAssistant.BBWC
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1
Jiangmin	AdWare.WebCompanion.a
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Blazer.1
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.WebCompanion.gen
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Blazer.1
Cylance	unsafe
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.BrowserAssistant.E?

Adware.BrowserAssistant.E 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.

About the author

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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