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: 48820BF19FDA7F8EF831.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/d67ff1a6256d4b7fab6726bc92da6236028e217a1ec3ee03289016a4217bead2
crc32: F5216CA6
md5: 48820bf19fda7f8ef831146199ea801d
sha1: 00d1434119f42957c2432ee59b3acba5838a7930
sha256: d67ff1a6256d4b7fab6726bc92da6236028e217a1ec3ee03289016a4217bead2
sha512: 7d790d6953715430eb23ff99f8cbc14e8314fa2e80b7097131da1fb650fc0a5290c3c94188efa9343db4d014390a70b53289ba6ee02c1805e74bc3bebfd9484f
ssdeep: 1536:g++mIpcQnCyfVIzFGMXRXe8Wvh9wnFwQZ:gLmMv9YJhOtqnF5
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1FD334015365D2E6BD63EA3FDA6D120F2ABF150173060DDD88CDD16C829B9304A71BACB
sha3_384: 4956b221aaeeda2f0b48023ae164e98db7a4bc7bc9eb935ec4d43a7e5cfc08a3f12eecc23baf597997a286208639e39b
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
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.Linkury.AO
FireEye	Adware.Linkury.AO
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.IgenericFC.S13561403
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Linkury.qm
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
VIPRE	Adware.Linkury.AO
Sangfor	PUP.Win32.Linkury.Vybz
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.WGM
Symantec	PUA.Smartbar
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Linkury-16149
BitDefender	Adware.Linkury.AO
Avast	Win32:Linkury-B [PUP]
Emsisoft	Adware.Linkury.AO (B)
F-Secure	PotentialRisk.PUA/Linkury.iona
DrWeb	Trojan.KillFiles.15040
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare/Linkury.kles
ALYac	Adware.Linkury.AO
Avira	PUA/Linkury.iona
MAX	malware (ai score=66)
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[WebToolbar]/MSIL.Agent.n
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.944
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Linkury
Xcitium	Application.MSIL.Linkury.I@5gzhfo
Arcabit	Adware.Linkury.AO
GData	Adware.Linkury.AO
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Google	Detected
Rising	Downloader.Waski!1.A489 (CLASSIC)
Ikarus	AdWare.Linkury
MaxSecure	not-a-virus:Adware.Linkury.a
AVG	Win32:Linkury-B [PUP]

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.

About the author

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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