Should I remove “Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS”?

The Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS 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 Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS virus can do?

Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS?


File Info:
name: 28E9C33D93C9BD5C563C.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/cf50f966fc957c933733fd552b95073b5d9fb6e40285150d00b48cf5f6c1e099
crc32: 63D4BFC8
md5: 28e9c33d93c9bd5c563c920cf9812496
sha1: 061958e181b2e4edf14c654a8c8ebab2555eab2e
sha256: cf50f966fc957c933733fd552b95073b5d9fb6e40285150d00b48cf5f6c1e099
sha512: bb3afb83a34ec7b42136fda2bab0eb187e821c9c3b32be139b28fcff2b30d00a6735899e667a1b5d29ea932286d77b047f15bfc38c59a26c44118571425cb78b
ssdeep: 768:Ho4AFruGRRL2hI4XdpizH/Sx4JzCpPED8CnYWmXND:InFrAnmy4oYYd
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1C50339117596C032C5A3AA380B70DBB59BBF784217B511BE37941ABD4FB1791CE2C31A
sha3_384: 206c534f01ce87acff1b29a100ad5b60ef06806d33d4c5fdd44bff585c93987175441af3fbaee625c2782bcf18a9da80
ep_bytes: e81e160000e989feffff8bff558bec8b
timestamp: 2015-04-15 13:37:56

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.z
Malwarebytes	Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS
Zillya	Adware.IronSource.Win32.44
Sangfor	Adware.Win32.Agent.Vhjf
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 005692c51 )
K7GW	Adware ( 005692c51 )
Cyren	W32/S-b45a19f7!Eldorado
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.IronSource.Gvstb.A.gen
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.IronSource.iuzmbb
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Agen.Ocnw
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1316441
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic PUP.z
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.3Z386I
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1316441
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Google	Detected
Cylance	unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002H06DD23
Rising	Trojan.Generic@AI.99 (RDML:tSyxKRcOlS7IxAfrfOf8EA)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!yjkZS2XqV3s
Ikarus	Trojan.Graftor
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_60% (D)

How to remove Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS?

Generic.Adware.Agent.DDS removal tool

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.

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Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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