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: C5E622D592AB87E9E7B7.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/0a7e4a8224aef9ad9f91bf058a9e00613c10f8f1daf4e948725c24b7abd1581c
crc32: B86B087C
md5: c5e622d592ab87e9e7b7082cdce019e3
sha1: 4a5bdb802e0e0dab38300e7371021977bbccda47
sha256: 0a7e4a8224aef9ad9f91bf058a9e00613c10f8f1daf4e948725c24b7abd1581c
sha512: fb43e4d044b922df9dcfd0eee9fccf0db4c400bb52bd6e60a3a49e904e3dfcf1e8e9cbaa6f48acfe6023406282d92badbc64c38bea47bc7323673cf3c9a595c4
ssdeep: 768:e1++NaPIp9WQnpyzyfVIiD+FcvqH+JQXRXe8JGWm1dh9Mr5R5FwTz:g++mIpcQnCyfVIzFGMXRXe8Wvh9wnFwP
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T194332016365D1E6BD53EA2FDA6D121F2ABF140173060DDD88CDD16C82AB9304631BACB
sha3_384: 336303e427d1f47d7b0481c80494276cc1af125f6d2f2331c3950a80481bd3bc19f872507089c94379711af67c916011
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
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.Linkury.AO
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Linkury-16149
FireEye	Adware.Linkury.AO
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.IgenericFC.S13561403
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Linkury.qm
Sangfor	PUP.Win32.Linkury.V3kt
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Linkury.0d9296d6
Arcabit	Adware.Linkury.AO
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.KillFiles.WGM
Symantec	PUA.Smartbar
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
BitDefender	Adware.Linkury.AO
Avast	Win32:Linkury-B [PUP]
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
F-Secure	PotentialRisk.PUA/Linkury.iona
DrWeb	Trojan.KillFiles.15040
VIPRE	Adware.Linkury.AO
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OAF24
Emsisoft	Adware.Linkury.AO (B)
Ikarus	AdWare.Linkury
Jiangmin	AdWare/Linkury.kles
Google	Detected
Avira	PUA/Linkury.iona
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[WebToolbar]/MSIL.Agent.n
Xcitium	Application.MSIL.Linkury.I@5gzhfo
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Linkury
GData	Adware.Linkury.AO
ALYac	Adware.Linkury.AO
MAX	malware (ai score=69)
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OAF24
Rising	Downloader.Waski!1.A489 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
MaxSecure	not-a-virus:Adware.Linkury.a
Fortinet	Riskware/Application
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.

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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