How to remove “Adware.SMSHoax.25”?

The Adware.SMSHoax.25 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.SMSHoax.25 virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Creates RWX memory
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Adware.SMSHoax.25?

File Info:
name: 2E2053C5E3A86A842E1D.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3f631824e9d0b1332c4d791065b740c7edefabe11878b744dd35fff53ba67438
crc32: 1DF25C5F
md5: 2e2053c5e3a86a842e1df4101c8322dd
sha1: c1f29ea66d689f50a5f3d0d73658f1bbb28e3222
sha256: 3f631824e9d0b1332c4d791065b740c7edefabe11878b744dd35fff53ba67438
sha512: 0aa1d3f2db1cac9140f9392285d04d42e84ef8da2035529526a4c491d237f6a010a27d74ab315ae9dd96e0d37a1acfc2fd44cf682c1dd2b8445329a21f4bcdf4
ssdeep: 196608:koGoDFr9U/6/LD8I4rwz9bJMQ6br+6bikW7/H4d4eeNIcUzHy6:koTDFr9g6X1aEb6bS7/HheLHy6
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T15CB6330E2B0FC96FF6649571C737A5F0E4D07E1ADE044297E2263DD6B93E6800C6B4A9
sha3_384: b5a473e885e350423363655911c2c2c5eb88dc448dabfa3bd7e412241e3e6d13dbc236aeb78e8dd6c96291c887e0bfe5
ep_bytes: 60be0040d1008dbe00d06effc787ec70
timestamp: 2008-12-02 15:41:29

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware.SMSHoax.25 also known as:

How to remove Adware.SMSHoax.25?

• 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.