Adware.Gamevance.17 removal guide

The Adware.Gamevance.17 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.Gamevance.17 virus can do?

The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Adware.Gamevance.17?


File Info:
name: F504B7905019F1FC8B5F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/b66cbb8d6f0047e57bd5cbd98e73477f3b2ea876f5e738ea60f11af5e94d98da
crc32: 67C9075D
md5: f504b7905019f1fc8b5f4ced01a34c95
sha1: 400b9bebe6828f472df7d6d25e3e681be101d747
sha256: b66cbb8d6f0047e57bd5cbd98e73477f3b2ea876f5e738ea60f11af5e94d98da
sha512: 21acacc788e6c2372e46c2a27213fb15b91abcdc347a09b6f287f2cf65f6fb63a16d552de0671a706a9603669db899f2e6f3c2a7c3bbcacd6855088f7ea8cc95
ssdeep: 3072:vuhE6zRkgGnKR8++IN25UvVJbSnDTT7Yvjb5y6UNfvyp+4zK5EEsx:vuhtGn8+u25EV1CT0KfvyAji
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1AE0401157141C173C26B257C58269A642BAF9A1217D06257BFFF1B2EEF31280B63E393
sha3_384: af55e58115b7e3ca70dcc750ccbc2bb64ef0fa68d016355cc3822df3327e59886e7e6f9b9b98fc1c35ac089d0d8f19b2
ep_bytes: 8bff558bec837d0c017505e80d160000
timestamp: 2010-03-30 11:53:00

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware.Gamevance.17 also known as:

Lionic	Adware.Win32.Gamevance.2!c
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Gamevance-452
FireEye	Generic.mg.f504b7905019f1fc
CAT-QuickHeal	Adware.Gamevance
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Adware.Gamevance.Win32.2412
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (D)
K7GW	Trojan ( 003284411 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 003284411 )
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZedlaF.36744.ky4@aOvzcVhi
VirIT	Adware.Win32.Gamevance.DWW
Symantec	PUA.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.Gamevance.AI potentially unwanted
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.SuperThreat.n
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.SuperThreat.bdbwof
SUPERAntiSpyware	Adware.Gamevance
Tencent	AdWare.Win32.Gamevance.h
TACHYON	Trojan-Clicker/W32.GameVance.173056
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
F-Secure	Adware.ADWARE/Agent.215.A
DrWeb	Adware.Siggen.19404
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17 (B)
Ikarus	AdWare.GameVance
Jiangmin	AdWare/Gamevance.b
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gamevance
Avira	ADWARE/Agent.215.A
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Gamevance
Kingsoft	Win32.Trojan.SuperThreat.n
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.GameVance.KB@2mu8tl
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Gamevance.17
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Gamevance.215552
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.SuperThreat.n
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gamevance.17
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.Gamevance.R12597
McAfee	GameVance.gen.d
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
VBA32	Adware.Gamevance
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.89 (RDMK:o4pY9Gq3p6Q5FQ3Zgrm7xQ)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!yxhkRb4rj9s
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.1691570.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/GameVance
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.Gamevance.17?

Adware.Gamevance.17 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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I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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