Categories: Adware

How to remove “Adware.Tovkater”?

The Adware.Tovkater 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.Tovkater virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (2 unique times)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
  • Attempts to execute a binary from a dead or sinkholed URL
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a hidden or system file
  • Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
shadeunit.club
a.tomx.xyz
grabtillmixkimono.tk

How to determine Adware.Tovkater?


File Info:

crc32: D0B54B7Amd5: e23dae0330d00660966e4974622c530ename: E23DAE0330D00660966E4974622C530E.mlwsha1: 3e9a30129e4791575d5b99f4ca828214358c7940sha256: cf9d1af8518354135f46ce519226730fa2f5a0a858b125b0d033b30a3ddb6874sha512: 8b2e90a950849426c70d2c47b284659887c1c672060911bbd516415649d740aaf791afe6fb326005c0152d005ebea51203c6044b5948afaa6ac3e169b45215f5ssdeep: 3072:2SLHJLb7fXtKn10muZXwNwbD9zaToC+DN3S9sEsr9/:zH5b7fXo60TWN3Qn49/type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Adware.Tovkater also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Strictor.246755
FireEye Generic.mg.e23dae0330d00660
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.b51
ALYac Gen:Variant.Strictor.246755
Cylance Unsafe
Zillya Downloader.Tovkater.Win32.557
K7AntiVirus Trojan-Downloader ( 0051ae9f1 )
Alibaba TrojanDownloader:Win32/Tovkater.51e68497
K7GW Trojan-Downloader ( 0051ae9f1 )
Cybereason malicious.330d00
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZexaF.34804.nyY@aSt7M5li
Cyren W32/S-89668772!Eldorado
Symantec Trojan.Gen.MBT
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Strictor.246755
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Tovkater.euticj
Paloalto generic.ml
Rising Downloader.Tovkater!8.E5CE (CLOUD)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Strictor.246755
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDownloader.Tovkater.GA@7dp6wm
F-Secure Adware.ADWARE/InstMonster.Gen7
DrWeb Trojan.MulDrop7.46313
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro HT_TOVKATER_GK06004D.UVPM
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dm
Emsisoft Application.Downloader (A)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE – Downloader
GData Gen:Variant.Strictor.246755
Jiangmin AdWare.DLBoost.fojj
Avira ADWARE/InstMonster.Gen7
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Strictor.D3C3E3
AegisLab Adware.Win32.Generic.2!c
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
Cynet Malicious (score: 90)
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Generic.R212913
Acronis suspicious
VBA32 AdWare.DLBoost
Malwarebytes Adware.Tovkater
ESET-NOD32 Win32/TrojanDownloader.Tovkater.GJ
TrendMicro-HouseCall HT_TOVKATER_GK06004D.UVPM
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10b12edb
Yandex PUA.Agent!tU8b7NILuVU
TACHYON Trojan-Downloader/W32.Sysdrop.218624
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet W32/Tovkater.GR!tr
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Adware.Tovkater?

  • 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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