Trojan.BrowserAssistant removal instruction

The Trojan.BrowserAssistant 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 Trojan.BrowserAssistant virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature
CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content

How to determine Trojan.BrowserAssistant?


File Info:
name: A9A4C18AA730EBEEDF1D.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/289b2764c7f6ed5a877221c0c2e646e9a4ea017c77179f4f3b04d5d2a006c119
crc32: 08ADF805
md5: a9a4c18aa730ebeedf1d706dee334f33
sha1: 015b1430b601bfe1ab9ab7ce9f6f610abe374453
sha256: 289b2764c7f6ed5a877221c0c2e646e9a4ea017c77179f4f3b04d5d2a006c119
sha512: deeed93f0a5df55b10a81b751f8914b9bd9c20cc6fd832d88b8b446de7d82d9782f9d499b021fb5694e7c2d967691b8a4dface56201940da7df37096512e9efb
ssdeep: 384:bp1hYupHUiC7NDc1qjZJOK6jNvNMvZsHLngk7qDgf2huZ:bhYDiUNDcHKgNvt8Uf2h4
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T109A2F9268BD40C01EEB79F3134F4861A6F33BA41AA74C5EF514DC0259B537926CB93BA
sha3_384: 1c4ae76008de323d5855202b85bfe800e052ba9dda5a6519cda851c2cdf62f29c32b51b48e76e351f1c49958d4365662
ep_bytes: ff250020400000000000000000000000
timestamp: 2020-07-09 07:43:10

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0000 0x04b0
Comments: 
CompanyName: 
FileDescription: BrowserAssistant
FileVersion: 1.38.1006.28295
InternalName: BrowserAssistant.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright ©  2018
LegalTrademarks: 
OriginalFilename: BrowserAssistant.exe
ProductName: BrowserAssistant
ProductVersion: 1.38.1006.28295
Assembly Version: 1.38.1006.28295

Trojan.BrowserAssistant also known as:

Skyhigh	Artemis
McAfee	Artemis!A9A4C18AA730
Malwarebytes	Trojan.BrowserAssistant
Sangfor	Adware.Msil.Browserassistant.V7vk
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
Alibaba	AdWare:MSIL/BroAssist.514ad5e4
K7GW	Adware ( 005794f01 )
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 005794f01 )
Symantec	PUA.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Adware.BrowserAssistant.H
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.BroAssist.gen
Avast	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
TrendMicro	PUA.MSIL.BrowserAssistant.SMRM
Sophos	Browser Assistant (PUA)
Webroot	Pua.Browserassistant
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.BroAssist.gen
Cylance	unsafe
TrendMicro-HouseCall	PUA.MSIL.BrowserAssistant.SMRM
Rising	Adware.BrowserAssistant!1.C5CC (CLASSIC)
Fortinet	Adware/BrowserAssistant
AVG	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Trojan.BrowserAssistant?

Trojan.BrowserAssistant 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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