PUA.Linkury.A5 removal tips

The PUA.Linkury.A5 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 PUA.Linkury.A5 virus can do?

Creates RWX memory
Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
Reads data out of its own binary image
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine PUA.Linkury.A5?


File Info:
name: 8369C04703773439958F.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/9f36fd4a71f6fcef56d3c7f292a5f118cda5c180fb9607753d34f2b056982691
crc32: C6977EC1
md5: 8369c04703773439958f03d58710299f
sha1: 366cc4c2ccf486ef43ba27d61ee6188447d4ec70
sha256: 9f36fd4a71f6fcef56d3c7f292a5f118cda5c180fb9607753d34f2b056982691
sha512: e8f92a2f99cb07eb644eff928104aceb623d3acb951309ffb5cea2c27214c8969a3ab5e9b2c16b17147774eec7c1f9d81187d8106501691bd2306339f1a91a18
ssdeep: 49152:6EUq+CeWpQ8p36AvqBhHfnYPz09SUNIHGZ0ADUNrtw/QHca0qdHBZpbEy:JUq+kpl3zqrfN43ADAt02N7jEy
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1D9D533B80E88DF5FFE73DF729F3652128BD354287AD4426AC76616D0F8862D505EC0A2
sha3_384: fbc4eebc90536716ee49849ef7d5fa955c3430f10cad98f2ae591aab2811e6244b0554c16d65280e84d5310e5af01d4d
ep_bytes: 81eccc020000535556576a2033dbbfe0
timestamp: 2016-03-19 21:34:33

Version Info:
CompanyName: 
FileDescription: 
FileVersion: 1.0.0.3
LegalCopyright: 
ProductName: 
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

PUA.Linkury.A5 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic	Riskware.Win32.Generic.1!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13
FireEye	Generic.mg.8369c04703773439
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Linkury.A5
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0052ecdb1 )
Alibaba	Malware:Win32/km_2c30827.None
K7GW	Adware ( 0052ecdb1 )
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Linkury.13
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34294.GuW@amF8h6g
Cyren	W32/S-cf27c4af!Eldorado
Symantec	Infostealer.Limitail
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Packed.NSISmod.AK suspicious
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PKQ21
Paloalto	generic.ml
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Linkury-9764462-0
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Linkury.gh
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Nsis.Adware.eassee
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13 (B)
DrWeb	Trojan.SkypeSpam.10661
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PKQ21
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.vc
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Sophos	Generic PUA DG (PUA)
APEX	Malicious
Jiangmin	AdWare.Linkury.cgrv
Avira	ADWARE/Adware.Gen
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Linkury.cb.(kcloud)
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Linkury
ViRobot	Adware.Linkury.2785643
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Linkury.13
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Linkury.R175409
McAfee	Artemis!8369C0470377
MAX	malware (ai score=62)
VBA32	AdWare.Agent
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.3562002095
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.BitCoinMiner.la
Yandex	Trojan.WebPick!TPhYA7LucUY
Ikarus	AdWare.Linkury
Fortinet	W32/Generic.AC.212E87!tr
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Cybereason	malicious.703773
Panda	Trj/CI.A

How to remove PUA.Linkury.A5?

PUA.Linkury.A5 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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