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Should I remove “BScope.Adware.Gator”?

The BScope.Adware.Gator 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 BScope.Adware.Gator virus can do?

  • Possible date expiration check, exits too soon after checking local time
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
  • Likely virus infection of existing system binary
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Creates a slightly modified copy of itself

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
a.tomx.xyz

How to determine BScope.Adware.Gator?


File Info:

crc32: 4D6D0001md5: 448f17235d5391461bb8ca3a9139cbbcname: 448F17235D5391461BB8CA3A9139CBBC.mlwsha1: ebf2afb427f1067eacad72b252d20fab27e0ab49sha256: 72adf710d674c5a944d720027077506622f12f29ab6b38713844dad7038370f3sha512: 9a7a7950d1e4866a294b4caab21848ccc3260af2e47cd225cbd39ba8cba10b6a2f42d5cda2ac5cbbeb0cc5b613a7f63d1accd6e25793990fe80f47a279bb3552ssdeep: 3072:UI0/tfqGL3txR6Nthj0I2aR1DXmaSU+ymHnHxgczwfSZJqsXSnhFkEvJ2gMOo:wt5xoNthj0I2aR1zmYiHXwfSZ4sXAFXOtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

ProductVersion: 5.1.0.0FileVersion: 5.1.0.0OriginalFilename: divxenc.exeFileDescription: Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

BScope.Adware.Gator also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetectVM.malware1
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb Adware.Gator.origin
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.Heur.Cy3@RaRJ@uci
Qihoo-360 Generic/HEUR/QVM20.1.5BDB.Malware.Gen
McAfee GenericRXAA-AA!448F17235D53
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE AdWare.Gator
Sangfor Malware
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 00548c3d1 )
BitDefender Gen:Adware.Heur.Cy3@RaRJ@uci
K7GW Adware ( 00548c3d1 )
Cybereason malicious.35d539
Cyren W32/Gator.A.gen!Eldorado
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Generic-6221838-0
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gator.fg
Alibaba Trojan:Win32/runner.ali1000044
Tencent Malware.Win32.Gencirc.10ce192b
Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.Heur.Cy3@RaRJ@uci
Sophos Generic PUA OL (PUA)
F-Secure Trojan.TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen3
Baidu Win32.Adware.Agent.n
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAX.gt
FireEye Generic.mg.448f17235d539146
Emsisoft Gen:Adware.Heur.Cy3@RaRJ@uci (B)
SentinelOne Static AI – Malicious PE
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen3
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Gator.a
Gridinsoft Adware.Win32.Agent.oa
Arcabit Adware.Heur.EB0BD1
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.Gator.R355080
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gator.fg
Cynet Malicious (score: 100)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.Gator.Trickler.I
VBA32 BScope.Adware.Gator
Malwarebytes Adware.Gator
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R03BC0GKK20
Rising Adware.Gator-Trickler!1.A7ED (CLASSIC)
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!pLIck0qZYxY
Ikarus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gator
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Fortinet Adware/Gator
AVG Win32:Adware-DNA [Adw]
Avast Win32:Adware-DNA [Adw]
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
MaxSecure Win.MxResIcn.Heur.Gen

How to remove BScope.Adware.Gator?

  • 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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