Categories: Adware

How to remove “Adware.WeatherBuddy”?

The Adware.WeatherBuddy 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.WeatherBuddy virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Adware.WeatherBuddy?


File Info:

name: AC7533164C7070EE9953.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/43280933a686aa7b979590dc1d00f2119e2f59f40ef739340994b976a943e988crc32: E54F4191md5: ac7533164c7070ee995375f6393cc819sha1: fe77b84bfd7506f84cfc4c9cde9235bc3f87c2b3sha256: 43280933a686aa7b979590dc1d00f2119e2f59f40ef739340994b976a943e988sha512: f5ffac7448fcdb857060b0e81b821ca2f98c57f80906c93d3ddc643cf579a6c337031ad90af230d34cfe87ce030d2a78b5e5818f9f7014bf986c187d212b1f20ssdeep: 98304:kb52skCDcYZFD3iE/EYwPVts2qBEi5NpcK21io49G:k5e3YTixVRsNmKKio49type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1F636236153A92A92D6423EFC969267E403A62F0B5E3AC09D8D723918F434E47CD7D0FDsha3_384: 60246549161182d991db2636968c5b1a99a05d8105b2959108875352aee1e7b5133d532024e4e8d77ae6ca7579dabc42ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000timestamp: 2018-03-27 12:34:43

Version Info:

Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0Comments: Flash Player PluginCompanyName: FileDescription: install_flash_player_13_pluginFileVersion: 1.0.0.0InternalName: install_flash_player_13_plugin.exeLegalCopyright: Copyright © 2018LegalTrademarks: OriginalFilename: install_flash_player_13_plugin.exeProductName: Flash Player PluginProductVersion: 1.0.0.0Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

Adware.WeatherBuddy also known as:

Lionic Trojan.Win32.Blocker.4!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Trojan.MulDrop8.3845
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Ransom.591
FireEye Generic.mg.ac7533164c7070ee
ALYac Gen:Variant.Ransom.591
Cylance Unsafe
Sangfor Trojan.MSIL.Kryptik.NSH
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0052e3311 )
Alibaba Ransom:Win32/Blocker.c3e96a7b
K7GW Trojan ( 0052e3311 )
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
BitDefenderTheta Gen:NN.ZemsilF.34606.@p0@aOp8RFm
VirIT Trojan.Win32.MulDrop8.FRX
Cyren W32/MSIL_Agent.BPG.gen!Eldorado
Symantec Trojan Horse
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.NSH
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_FRS.VSN1DC18
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Blocker.kxrk
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Ransom.591
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Blocker.ezfwkr
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Blocker.Lorl
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Ransom.591
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Ransom.591 (B)
Comodo Malware@#1zgkc80rfrdp2
Zillya Trojan.Blocker.Win32.39844
TrendMicro TROJ_FRS.VSN1DC18
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXEU-HC!AC7533164C70
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Jiangmin Trojan.Blocker.ind
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1236440
MAX malware (ai score=96)
Microsoft PUA:Win32/Presenoker
GData Gen:Variant.Ransom.591
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Blocker.C2446042
McAfee GenericRXEU-HC!AC7533164C70
VBA32 TrojanRansom.Blocker
Malwarebytes Adware.WeatherBuddy
APEX Malicious
Yandex Trojan.Blocker!tF8GoD9Re3A
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Fortinet W32/Malicious_Behavior.VEX
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Cybereason malicious.64c707
Panda Trj/GdSda.A

How to remove Adware.WeatherBuddy?

  • 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

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