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.

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.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c6f0cdd4525d39ffbe57a2d01438c9a7021b4b64bb5db9696d63d74bdd26479ecrc32: 91E722D5md5: 5977902f9f0edc8ab4a37373897e0dd7sha1: 162146fc196a64c43d8a94b1e32dfef965dd3cf0sha256: c6f0cdd4525d39ffbe57a2d01438c9a7021b4b64bb5db9696d63d74bdd26479esha512: 7a0c0c8898ede5fed13e861ab4b5509f428e3eddce914245b39fa9f947dbf9e5199a355b24a5b1e83a47438a69ec33d1717e44e23c6755cb64c388bee2e28827ssdeep: 12288:GY1ZOOHJnSQcO9yfbSLjGhIa6c+6p+N43YZxBL8W11+Nk92XGcHHlK6tvc:GY15pnc4yfT6cdMLv1v922ck6tvctype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T15415F1A2A902D2B3D9174530DBC59AE304341F398D30C987BFD46CAA7E717D18AE5B27sha3_384: 3ebc3877d4cfcd4090b2bdef0ea1645a9d99defdceb00d03aef89ce540b6559e43cd6fa66740c46ca5184d90ee783300ep_bytes: e875480000e9000000006a146810c544timestamp: 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.