Should I remove “Adware.Zzinfor”?

The Adware.Zzinfor 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.

What Adware.Zzinfor virus can do?

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Enumerates running processes
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Attempts to modify browser security settings
• Attempts to disable browser security warnings
• Harvests cookies for information gathering
• The sample wrote data to the system hosts file.

How to determine Adware.Zzinfor?

File Info:
name: 74D5FEDD6CDC188F46EB.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/eb345c1e844b216988cd7558349e5856ee891db55d16be4815fb3a430d5d9106crc32: 15531A5Dmd5: 74d5fedd6cdc188f46ebb9153f0b6e86sha1: 1e775fa3f0f95fbe2a0578bb75bbbe950e3e3b55sha256: eb345c1e844b216988cd7558349e5856ee891db55d16be4815fb3a430d5d9106sha512: 1d4abb82f1308da17c192073e5485dd72e1d4f03d8e9ef4d2f8d24dbfca8ba9bbca92940a6b23b28518298bfea23d7e183da360fc604658cc3ec257dcfabdbf2ssdeep: 12288:9Ei1swyOlCo/ZP7/8AHikvd0Vf5xFmPyULDCkBR6eeb3MJrs3MJrhd/:9H1JzlF/V7kAHi6dgxFvUhBR60rzrztype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1C4458C0576A0C1B2C2E96D305DA6FB706EBEAC745D395A5336C83B6E3E710815E28D0Fsha3_384: 69ac24777be1d63b273ccb0f5284ef138e3f729577d73d86ad38c1ceb4bd668b071b769cbcd13f8d8adf182b8bf799afep_bytes: e82db30000e978feffffcccccccccccctimestamp: 1970-01-01 03:33:12
Version Info:
Comments: IE_FREAMEFileDescription: pulicFileVersion: 1, 5, 8, 1312ProductName: IE_FREAMEProductVersion: 0, 0, 0, 1Translation: 0x0804 0x03a8

Adware.Zzinfor also known as:

How to remove Adware.Zzinfor?

• 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.