What is “Adware.Generic.1972621”?

The Adware.Generic.1972621 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.Generic.1972621 virus can do?

Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Adware.Generic.1972621?


File Info:
crc32: E770B546
md5: 4444ea274fdcd99db368e5dca7a7ec72
name: 4444EA274FDCD99DB368E5DCA7A7EC72.mlw
sha1: d3d49d4bf371493278812f827ac8869f10028dc3
sha256: d8ed992d1540354548f37ec7ef625757151437833f2e0b26b97c6ec137764a6a
sha512: 52971ee01ede8af9398d38a53233d088ef2aedd070a4c3c02c183189a64f46496134c67ffe4932b08a221709c2a36b21432eed56244135ac60dcba11f5cdda29
ssdeep: 1536:4HYMiClDhdyA5x5Z0DvyecWDzGHCs09b0Y9:kYjClDhQlDvrcWHGV09b0Y9
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: 
FileVersion: 
ProductName: 
ProductVersion: 
FileDescription: 
OriginalFilename: perugia.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Adware.Generic.1972621 also known as:

Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac	Adware.Generic.1972621
Cylance	Unsafe
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_70% (D)
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Dotdo.79e04e58
Cybereason	malicious.74fdcd
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.Dotdo.R
APEX	Malicious
Avast	NSIS:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Agent.gen
BitDefender	Adware.Generic.1972621
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Nsis.Dotdo.fdsnjf
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.Generic.1972621
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Agent.Pavk
Ad-Aware	Adware.Generic.1972621
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt@#3hpudzwa8hwzz
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
FireEye	Generic.mg.4444ea274fdcd99d
Emsisoft	Adware.Generic.1972621 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1100707
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
GData	Adware.Generic.1972621
McAfee	Artemis!4444EA274FDC
MAX	malware (ai score=95)
VBA32	Trojan.Agent
Panda	Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OIS21
Rising	Adware.Dotdo/NSIS!1.B0DB (CLASSIC)
Fortinet	NSIS/Agent.GU!tr
AVG	NSIS:AdwareX-gen [Adw]
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Adware.Generic.1972621?

Adware.Generic.1972621 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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