What is “Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE”?

The Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE 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.

What Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE virus can do?

• Behavioural detection: Executable code extraction – unpacking
• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
• CAPE detected the shellcode patterns malware family
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE?

File Info:
name: 15EEC416F4923CC2A0E7.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/d1f738503f3b002065934f3ca2e07d14cd5a813a4d9c75bf1e119e1e9a3c0377crc32: ABF9F10Emd5: 15eec416f4923cc2a0e7e142b00b6980sha1: a9587c3893004ff69257e176ab18721fd80643b9sha256: d1f738503f3b002065934f3ca2e07d14cd5a813a4d9c75bf1e119e1e9a3c0377sha512: 214b3b09af68043c0dc99994d33513acf27139edea9f27fa6566e8d48b33b2acb6cefe70ba21bf8c5782d0e14b0b7a8f6e99dba26571f1fe1997b206b4574fdessdeep: 3072:GQnRXsfcrGtEieM2LZ205oQ4Sr4X/80EN9DM/XJlysQliL97E5i6rl:fecr8UM2F2U3R0tKW97E5Ftype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T164346C2332A0C4B3D69B05714ED1BBB9B1BAFE504F11DEA3A7843B1E1D325D14A2626Dsha3_384: f25ecfeba400bdd468801f6c4f358f08f55d88a53f91e2e8b6a38d3b7cd994888e0840e1140c4074e7d0228c42b01bb5ep_bytes: 558bec6aff68a059420068d0d4400064timestamp: 2013-11-07 07:31:29
Version Info:
CompanyName: FileDescription: ShortCut Microsoft 基础类应用程序FileVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1InternalName: ShortCutLegalCopyright: 版权所有 (C) 2002LegalTrademarks: OriginalFilename: ShortCut.EXEProductName: ShortCut 应用程序ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 1Translation: 0x0804 0x04b0

Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE also known as:

How to remove Win32/Adware.Agent.NWE?

• 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.