Categories: Adware

About “Adware.DesktopDefender.A” infection

The Adware.DesktopDefender.A 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.DesktopDefender.A virus can do?

  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
  • Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Adware.DesktopDefender.A?


File Info:

name: 847922DC161FAF1C8BC1.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3dd98945e167af1797c1635e8798a86b0842337ee178da133ffc60c72d85a3a3crc32: F117EDE4md5: 847922dc161faf1c8bc139cecaced033sha1: 37b5a8c9d52c6c103914c0404e61325ec7d5c4a8sha256: 3dd98945e167af1797c1635e8798a86b0842337ee178da133ffc60c72d85a3a3sha512: 11f809799683d7d147bbac46c3d79e7013d915fce78bbd951f19da525e9b0f031220eb54a95e0334d50ea819751b264f6c4378277fd784be98f0d336d6765c9fssdeep: 1536:49WPgAMoGt9HpGxV+Y2s6vFaVwA7FJGuDVTD:rPxVC3+JGuDVTtype: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T144636D01B2E181F3D54B52797DA95B06AA3FAC005BF046C31F792B5E6E733D0AA39352sha3_384: 21cd977e0535285fc7be072d33189a98fb3c02e416e9cc83ab7a330a274907e15fbdbe29e86f1efae599c47e3895d096ep_bytes: 6a0c6800a60010e87901000033c04089timestamp: 2009-06-11 14:44:10

Version Info:

CompanyName: Nexton Enterprises Ltd.FileDescription: Contraviro Mail Filter FileVersion: 1, 9, 4, 0InternalName: shellext.dllLegalCopyright: Nexton Enterprises Ltd. (c) All rights reserved.OriginalFilename: shellext.dllProductName: Contraviro Mail Filter ProductVersion: 1, 9, 4, 0Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Adware.DesktopDefender.A also known as:

Lionic Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.DesktopDefender.A
FireEye Adware.DesktopDefender.A
Skyhigh Artemis
ALYac Adware.DesktopDefender.A
Alibaba AdWare:Win32/UnVirex.843bb127
Symantec Unvirex
Elastic malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.UnVirex.B
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
BitDefender Adware.DesktopDefender.A
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.DesktopDefender.cyvqgk
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Agen.Qgil
Emsisoft Adware.DesktopDefender.A (B)
F-Secure Adware.ADWARE/DesktopDefender.A
Zillya Adware.UnVirex.Win32.2
Sophos Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
Webroot Adware.Rogue.Security.Products
Google Detected
Avira ADWARE/DesktopDefender.A
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Bitrep.B
Arcabit Adware.DesktopDefender.A
ZoneAlarm UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
GData Adware.DesktopDefender.A
Varist W32/Risk.WIBE-9313
McAfee Artemis!847922DC161F
MAX malware (ai score=61)
Cylance unsafe
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.12351D44 (C64:YzY0OqC+z6yPNE8w)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!gYSJTxMnE+Y
Fortinet W32/Dx.SWN!tr
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
DeepInstinct MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.DesktopDefender.A?

  • 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.
Paul Valéry

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