Categories: Adware

Should I remove “Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460”?

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What Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460 virus can do?

Executable code extraction
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
A process attempted to delay the analysis task by a long amount of time.
Attempts to repeatedly call a single API many times in order to delay analysis time
Network activity detected but not expressed in API logs
Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz

a.tomx.xyz

How to determine Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460?


File Info:
crc32: 8F1F8E90md5: d087b07645db74702f62a612fd0ec438name: adobe.photoshop.cc.2019.20.0.0-patch.exesha1: f0f7a56916a4fa0d6eb0d961dcf06d6b2e1d8f29sha256: c44e796326834edfcf9c0c639c34c7e4fc94cbdda1cccfdacdd710ffcfbe12c0sha512: 1438a0bf4dfb1a1186ca167a23f9a21599635228d0e5906e7a253062fe5f0af0aa0a6bc00e53395dc7a66cacf4842818461edb73bd984324d4514a94535f8090ssdeep: 3072:SdZYIhGCw/bbDg1+FYks3oWIp7vYb4N5h9xLdpx3ANT+yrtCMqAkx2/I:UZRYC4Hg1+Y3+pm45hppxlyrOlxCItype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460 also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan	Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460
CAT-QuickHeal	Riskware.Dupatcher.A4
McAfee	FilePatcher
Malwarebytes	HackTool.FilePatch
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Agent.wfn (v)
AegisLab	Hacktool.Win32.Agent.tpR4
Sangfor	Malware
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)
BitDefender	Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460
K7GW	Trojan ( 0040f3a51 )
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0040f3a51 )
Arcabit	Adware.Generic.D1E305C
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R066C0PEL19
F-Prot	W32/Agent.KFY
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/HackTool.Patcher.AD potentially unsafe
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.Generic.f
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
Alibaba	HackTool:Win32/Patcher.ae615b9d
SUPERAntiSpyware	Hack.Tool/Gen-Patcher
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft	Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460 (B)
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Agent.WFN@4t5srs
Zillya	Tool.Patcher.Win32.25577
Invincea	heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXFQ.cc
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
FireEye	Generic.mg.d087b07645db7470
Sophos	Generic Patcher (PUA)
Ikarus	not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Patcher
Cyren	W32/Agent.EWQQ-1275
Jiangmin	Variant.Kazy.ah
Webroot	W32.Hacktool.Gen
Fortinet	Riskware/GamePatcher
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[RiskTool]/Win32.Patcher
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Keygen
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Agent.754688.B
Acronis	suspicious
ALYac	Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
Ad-Aware	Dropped:Adware.Generic.1978460
Cylance	Unsafe
Panda	Trj/CI.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R066C0PEL19
Rising	PUF.Patcher!1.B3BB (CLOUD)
Yandex	PUP.Patcher!
SentinelOne	DFI – Malicious PE
eGambit	HackTool.Generic
GData	Win32.Riskware.Patcher.E
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.568911.susgen
Cybereason	malicious.645db7