About “Adware.Linkury.AO” infection

The Adware.Linkury.AO 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.Linkury.AO virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Adware.Linkury.AO?


File Info:
name: 358178D6A69C5BA91975.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/180befc42b2b37e3eaa7916a4dc83613143dfdd8200ab92a14c91a2aba1c556d
crc32: 16A09AA2
md5: 358178d6a69c5ba9197566c245497f2e
sha1: 9a69e6c23290034bb79299ccbcf5c6d99fbd1abf
sha256: 180befc42b2b37e3eaa7916a4dc83613143dfdd8200ab92a14c91a2aba1c556d
sha512: 8f8a8d1b122e05e73e962fd7ea43dcddb2f23f5208205b51de8008636054fe3bbf187a27891c96a08312395353504815ef2946337c079ca3a18de315b425efb2
ssdeep: 768:e1++NaPIp9WQnpyzyfVIiD+FcvqH+JQXRXe8JGWm1dh9Mr5R5FwfHij:g++mIpcQnCyfVIzFGMXRXe8Wvh9wnFwW
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T16C435125365D1E2BD63EA7FDA2D120F2ABF150173060DDD88CDD16C829B9304A75BACB
sha3_384: 05172150db6a3eac1b901e4617ce3fd8c3659018a87edb04721971368b5e8c093f47bcae79154b579fce23137948cb09
ep_bytes: 
timestamp: 2014-10-08 19:37:30

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware.Linkury.AO also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware.CS
Lionic	Adware.Win32.Linkury.2!c
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Adware.Linkury.AO
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.IgenericFC.S13561403
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Linkury.qm
Sangfor	PUP.Win32.Linkury.V9sm
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Linkury.fb37b463
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.WGM
Symantec	PUA.Smartbar
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Linkury-16149
BitDefender	Adware.Linkury.AO
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.Linkury.AO
Avast	Win32:Linkury-B [PUP]
Emsisoft	Adware.Linkury.AO (B)
F-Secure	PotentialRisk.PUA/Linkury.iona
DrWeb	Trojan.KillFiles.15040
VIPRE	Adware.Linkury.AO
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
Ikarus	AdWare.Linkury
Jiangmin	AdWare/Linkury.kles
Google	Detected
Avira	PUA/Linkury.iona
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[WebToolbar]/MSIL.Agent.n
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.954
Xcitium	Application.MSIL.Linkury.I@5gzhfo
Arcabit	Adware.Linkury.AO
GData	Adware.Linkury.AO
ALYac	Adware.Linkury.AO
MAX	malware (ai score=62)
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Rising	Downloader.Waski!1.A489 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
MaxSecure	not-a-virus:Adware.Linkury.a
AVG	Win32:Linkury-B [PUP]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Adware.Linkury.AO?

Adware.Linkury.AO 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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