Categories: Adware

Adware.WebHancer.E removal

The Adware.WebHancer.E 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.WebHancer.E virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Creates RWX memory
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Loads a driver
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Finnish
  • Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
  • Network activity contains more than one unique useragent.
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Exhibits possible ransomware file modification behavior
  • Attempts to create or modify a Browser Helper Object
  • Attempts to modify proxy settings

Related domains:

public.zangocash.com
prime.webhancer.com
secondary.webhancer.com

How to determine Adware.WebHancer.E?


File Info:

crc32: 54E896AAmd5: fcbbda3383cc1d6c5513c2d78bf3ea08name: websearch.exesha1: 48285653788f1faddc3edc6e378f06d58c2f6034sha256: c5098c82253703aaff5b76bd3c9c18fdcdd566a92e9c80b92b5a6a3d6e22745fsha512: 14543ca0e886f1a24cc64e108e17f7707510516d232b0edb42f4598020c5ef0d52a16db12af39d4b14e95645ae81e50090233b51181b8f68ee8fb84ee815e4e4ssdeep: 12288:x6PBCvHOZEwKve27MgHyX1rXlI5yPEuwh10vRbwHpyK1w6mZ:o5CvHHvH7MgHyPIGinYh/qmZtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

0: [No Data]

Adware.WebHancer.E also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan Adware.WebHancer.E
CAT-QuickHeal Pua.Winad
ALYac Adware.WebHancer.E
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Invincea heuristic
Symantec SecurityRisk.gen1
TotalDefense Win32/Tnega.aTYcGTB
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0WEG17
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WinAD.bt
BitDefender Adware.WebHancer.E
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Winad.zmnpy
AegisLab AdWare.W32.WinAD.bt!c
Avast Win32:Zango-BA [PUP]
Tencent Win32.Adware.Winad.Egyd
Ad-Aware Adware.WebHancer.E
Sophos Generic PUA EI (PUA)
F-Secure Adware.WebHancer.E
DrWeb Adware.Winad.144
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0WEG17
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.jc
Emsisoft Adware.WebHancer.E (B)
Cyren W32/Adware.GLDV-7435
Webroot W32.Heuristic.Gen
Avira DR/WinAD.BT.9
Fortinet Adware/WinAd
ViRobot Adware.WebHancer.627813
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WinAD.bt
McAfee Artemis!FCBBDA3383CC
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
VBA32 AdWare.WebHancer
WhiteArmor Malware.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Adware.WinAd
Rising Trojan.Generic (cloud:tlboef7B7yV)
GData Adware.WebHancer.E
AVG Win32:Zango-BA [PUP]
Panda Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Dropper.5e1

How to remove Adware.WebHancer.E?

  • 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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