Categories: Adware

What is “Adware.Symmi.38624”?

The Adware.Symmi.38624 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.Symmi.38624 virus can do?

  • Expresses interest in specific running processes
  • A process created a hidden window
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • The executable is compressed using UPX
  • Looks up the external IP address
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to restart the guest VM
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Attempts to stop active services
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Attempts to disable UAC
  • Attempts to modify UAC prompt behavior
  • Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

Related domains:

checkip.dyndns.org
edgedl.me.gvt1.com
update.googleapis.com

How to determine Adware.Symmi.38624?


File Info:

crc32: F4C2C980md5: c457d0d7783747a321f3ae3931b3eb9aname: C457D0D7783747A321F3AE3931B3EB9A.mlwsha1: 81438e28acb95495037a1d7689ee5937444b3b48sha256: 39c4c780d797fde5fb34f89328a08c61a8bd0fde1fba1dde36620f3b86c84e96sha512: f4eecc1a8d26e185be2572e83a69d90a16440966fad4c855a0f5ec934eeabae5bcdf3097d5f5fa7fc63947812faa7c1a7ff8357e110817f1825e64fc21161c65ssdeep: 12288:oHnx9FG/4BUD5VYlyN0lJfK/Z8smukbFyla1GVnv4tTI7Xeq0O4Nk5+QBfoSk:69IuD0N0lJyZOkla1kvkAeqcNtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Adware.Symmi.38624 also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware1
Lionic Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
DrWeb Trojan.FakeAV.16516
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
CAT-QuickHeal Rogue.FakePAV.mue
ALYac Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Dropper.Dapato.Win32.19510
Sangfor Trojan.Win32.Generic.ky
Cybereason malicious.778374
Symantec Trojan.FakeAV
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.WindowsExpertConsole.AL
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:FakeAV-FIP [Trj]
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Dapato.csvgtd
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Blocker.Swuh
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624
Sophos Troj/FakeAV-HBF
Comodo Application.Win32.AdWare.WindowsExpertConsole.AL@578i6a
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34058.6mGfaKXSQfei
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.WindowsExpertConsole.af (v)
TrendMicro TROJ_FORUCON.BMC
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Spyware.dc
FireEye Generic.mg.c457d0d7783747a3
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624 (B)
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.fspl
Webroot Trojan.Dropper.Gen
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen7
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Generic.ASMalwS.7CC9EA
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Microsoft Rogue:Win32/FakePAV
Arcabit Trojan.Adware.Symmi.D96E0
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-RogueAntiSpy
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.38624
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.FakeAV.C257607
McAfee FakeAlert-FTF!C457D0D77837
MAX malware (ai score=62)
VBA32 Hoax.Blocker
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_FORUCON.BMC
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!tpcsNjXMT4k
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.FakeAV
Fortinet W32/FakeAV.AC!tr
AVG Win32:FakeAV-FIP [Trj]
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.FakeAv.HxIBxhcA

How to remove Adware.Symmi.38624?

  • 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.
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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