What is “Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD”?

The Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD 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 Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD virus can do?

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

How to determine Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD?


File Info:
name: A71BBF77442B2A81C4DA.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/5def8bd9e54d958bf55c29b558a129168f0d6f25dc9af530ae3c784257e60dcd
crc32: 7C8EAE07
md5: a71bbf77442b2a81c4da30ffc34d52ca
sha1: 2a2118fda86370d478ac9aeb2d6c5c40e75dbe0d
sha256: 5def8bd9e54d958bf55c29b558a129168f0d6f25dc9af530ae3c784257e60dcd
sha512: 9fa96327761a25e6a01aceae0ad4088617d4a3e31109a9f9173d7f88af937cacdf38388ade7b2f84623c34749a45ed1ed7d9e729b65d4852901e5b6a05f274d9
ssdeep: 1536:xHYMiClDhdyA5x5Z0Dvyec794IkZ9U48Sbz:1YjClDhQlDvrc79pkZODSbz
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T14F439E562650D4B3C576437006FBBB36B7774B9923866A078740BE663D233879A1F383
sha3_384: 9ac713211336975928349e1d3d2da167e50945b43eea81556f8df1facceb45d92db8af81e26fc63619f91cbeee56f8c1
ep_bytes: 81ec8401000053565733db6801800000
timestamp: 2018-01-30 03:57:45

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD also known as:

Lionic	Trojan.Win32.RegRun.4!e
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x
Cylance	Unsafe
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0057c7991 )
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/Agentb.8f9a1e3c
K7GW	Adware ( 0057c7991 )
Cybereason	malicious.7442b2
Cyren	W32/DotDo.AJ.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	PUA.Gen.2
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PKO21
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Agentb.gen
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
Avast	NSIS:Adware-ADS [Adw]
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Agentb.Lknj
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520 (B)
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PKO21
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareTskLnk.qh
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
Sophos	Generic PUA CK (PUA)
GData	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
Avira	ADWARE/Dotdo.fcrwb
ViRobot	Adware.Strictor.58028.E
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.DotDo.R346146
VBA32	Adware.Agentb
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Strictor.243520
Malwarebytes	Adware.DotDo.Generic
APEX	Malicious
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
Fortinet	W32/Dotinstall.D7A0!tr
AVG	NSIS:Adware-ADS [Adw]
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)

How to remove Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD?

Win32/Adware.Dotdo.AD 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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