About “Adware:Win32/Aplugger.A” infection

The Adware:Win32/Aplugger.A 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:Win32/Aplugger.A virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• CAPE detected the embedded win api malware family
• Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Collects information to fingerprint the system
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Adware:Win32/Aplugger.A?

File Info:
name: 5977902F9F0EDC8AB4A3.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c6f0cdd4525d39ffbe57a2d01438c9a7021b4b64bb5db9696d63d74bdd26479e
crc32: 91E722D5
md5: 5977902f9f0edc8ab4a37373897e0dd7
sha1: 162146fc196a64c43d8a94b1e32dfef965dd3cf0
sha256: c6f0cdd4525d39ffbe57a2d01438c9a7021b4b64bb5db9696d63d74bdd26479e
sha512: 7a0c0c8898ede5fed13e861ab4b5509f428e3eddce914245b39fa9f947dbf9e5199a355b24a5b1e83a47438a69ec33d1717e44e23c6755cb64c388bee2e28827
ssdeep: 12288:GY1ZOOHJnSQcO9yfbSLjGhIa6c+6p+N43YZxBL8W11+Nk92XGcHHlK6tvc:GY15pnc4yfT6cdMLv1v922ck6tvc
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T15415F1A2A902D2B3D9174530DBC59AE304341F398D30C987BFD46CAA7E717D18AE5B27
sha3_384: 3ebc3877d4cfcd4090b2bdef0ea1645a9d99defdceb00d03aef89ce540b6559e43cd6fa66740c46ca5184d90ee783300
ep_bytes: e875480000e9000000006a146810c544
timestamp: 2013-06-13 08:30:18

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware:Win32/Aplugger.A also known as:

How to remove Adware:Win32/Aplugger.A?

• 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.