About “Adware.SMSHoax.108” infection

The Adware.SMSHoax.108 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.

What Adware.SMSHoax.108 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• CAPE detected the shellcode patterns malware family
• Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Adware.SMSHoax.108?

File Info:
name: E9D8FC44ADCACEFAE739.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/e3c978cd0f1d12633290e721e45bb615340cfd3a2be0bcbeeb42e9fd017e5b76crc32: 74784491md5: e9d8fc44adcacefae739aec37cae4818sha1: 7c4c5304596beb6bf868752e65a24f85a357837esha256: e3c978cd0f1d12633290e721e45bb615340cfd3a2be0bcbeeb42e9fd017e5b76sha512: 0e0a424ca5fa8d8ef539b6f523247b12642cbf6cecd3565689849368e42758c2e6b725cbfe288fe01e0d5fb48f7a824d7456899a4ace1ba951141b7973ca4450ssdeep: 98304:h8QVNyymx/O0jfTD+Y5Re4BYEE+C1miMEt+tWyeLToVAyYwAfa8mW:OQ3yNNlT+YTGOMmiN8OTUp8ntype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1B6761217BF84BD69C6210D34C57A879C4760FEDB5101438F61687A5BEFF22E71A062CAsha3_384: 470146892e84607467c4647f680a43f7334b6f6ab482968be143901ea437d115de421600129e07c213c859c391bc7e8aep_bytes: 833d04b08a000175688b168950088b56timestamp: 1992-06-19 22:22:17
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware.SMSHoax.108 also known as:

How to remove Adware.SMSHoax.108?

• 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.