What is “Adware.Stallmonitz”?

The Adware.Stallmonitz 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.Stallmonitz virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Deletes executed files from disk
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Adware.Stallmonitz?

File Info:
name: 789AC867BB454FFA7BBE.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/bf439cfe5649fa75db01c52475dfdd0022e49666a953aebac05348d5f1e00b3c
crc32: FF82C3AD
md5: 789ac867bb454ffa7bbe8e99ba575826
sha1: 7e5e35a0872d2166932102ee2beaa42f450c2488
sha256: bf439cfe5649fa75db01c52475dfdd0022e49666a953aebac05348d5f1e00b3c
sha512: 22bbb9e71ebbd1c37bbd37d27ee04b72b026b442c2cd9d803db311483d49113259b8839cfb7e8c4c7a138449b2e208aee83e8cdbaa3cba6aab223fd83834c8b2
ssdeep: 24576:JxGsv/frl6vg2CRE4HVA8OgnfU69yEwj1VjY3WM1TlmQ95cKtg+DWfrNJdNnpyvW:CK/R6vYR1AmfUVbVc3Hp/5PtKfHAvAf
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T16575230273C704B2F879597584358484AD27BA742DF1112E3EB8DB0F9E79B865C3BB62
sha3_384: 557af7c0488b8d00aa03ba002b598588c8df252fc00adea5e0491517c26ce673d6ecdf859771b8fcb36da8f27e1c36a6
ep_bytes: 558bec83c4a453565733c08945c48945
timestamp: 2015-07-16 13:24:20

Version Info:
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName:                                                             
FileDescription: ShutDown After Setup                                        
FileVersion: 3.0                 
LegalCopyright:                                                                                                     
ProductName: ShutDown After                                              
ProductVersion: 3.0                                               
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0

Adware.Stallmonitz also known as:

How to remove Adware.Stallmonitz?

• 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.