Categories: Adware

Should I remove “Adware.Hotbar.8”?

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What Adware.Hotbar.8 virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The executable is compressed using UPX
Authenticode signature is invalid
Enumerates physical drives
Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
Anomalous binary characteristics
Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Adware.Hotbar.8?


File Info:
name: DF261C9C1B3068DE772E.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/e295a6c67d2c229e025eb52c2348bdc6330cdef9c81ec4a9e11a619accee0a6fcrc32: D0881F7Bmd5: df261c9c1b3068de772ebe32f78b74b5sha1: e4f9ad3a734ecc926033935f534f8efc176d4595sha256: e295a6c67d2c229e025eb52c2348bdc6330cdef9c81ec4a9e11a619accee0a6fsha512: 4d575d3361e34001d2a107f34e5bcb64e1cb4b5966c4e711fa727127ed59be92e8d80466ee229242520b1249aecb983bdcaf848088912f4951a85389fadfec41ssdeep: 12288:2drajxZ5awl7DW/HgoWHBXhZLqh0nUHtCzT5:2a7DWIXGhCUHctype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T107C47C416EE6C1F5D24500778DDAD71B75A29A79273068C3BBE41E69A930AE3FD3C308sha3_384: cd48f3c04eb6476577d8b8286f6ed5a3094fe9a979a25f1ae3318869da1a4e46460c4502cb46f2325c65f111e52ce54eep_bytes: e823ae0000e978feffff8bff558bec56timestamp: 2011-07-25 19:26:50
Version Info:
FileDescription: InstallerFileVersion: 2.0.364.0ProductVersion: 2.0.364.0Translation: 0x0409 0x30ed

Adware.Hotbar.8 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Adware.Win32.ScreenSaver.lpNE
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Adinstall-2
FireEye	Generic.mg.df261c9c1b3068de
CAT-QuickHeal	Adware.HotBar
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareHotBar.hh
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8
Cylance	unsafe
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/ScreenSaver.a2d1056a
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Cybereason	malicious.a734ec
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Hotbar.8
VirIT	Adware.Win32.Hotbar.WE
Symantec	Adware.Clkpotato!gen3
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.K
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.i
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.ScreenSaver.dxifnb
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Kryptik
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10b1fde3
TACHYON	Trojan-Clicker/W32.HotBar.552120
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8 (B)
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.HotBar.a
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Patched.Gen
DrWeb	Adware.Hotbar.1008
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8
TrendMicro	TROJ_AGENT_008427.TOMB
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Hotbar (PUA)
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Avira	TR/Patched.Gen
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.ScreenSaver
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.1000
Xcitium	Packed.Win32.MUPX.Gen@24tbus
Microsoft	Adware:Win32/Hotbar
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.i
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Hotbar.8
Varist	W32/HotBar.L.gen!Eldorado
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.Hotbar.R9208
McAfee	Adware-HotBar.j
MAX	malware (ai score=98)
VBA32	BScope.Adware.ScreenSaver
Malwarebytes	HotBar.Adware.BrowserHijacker.DDS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_AGENT_008427.TOMB
Rising	Adware.Hotbar!1.6AAD (CLASSIC)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!HCeanZmiKos
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
MaxSecure	Poly.Adware.ScreenSaver
Fortinet	Riskware/Zango
AVG	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (D)