Categories: Adware

Should I remove “Win32/Adware.HotBar.K”?

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What Win32/Adware.HotBar.K virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Authenticode signature is invalid
Enumerates physical drives
Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Win32/Adware.HotBar.K?


File Info:
name: 1A6DCD617CF595F9A6EA.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/0f2f81f095c1042b41642cfd2b7e5fa633057f85746d5544d7e1731217bf4f17crc32: 6F1421C0md5: 1a6dcd617cf595f9a6ead338893b9f08sha1: 875ec221bae8f9da7530afa188c26f4863b41390sha256: 0f2f81f095c1042b41642cfd2b7e5fa633057f85746d5544d7e1731217bf4f17sha512: 41fab7546499ccaf795230c4bfbf3e9ada39e82bfe88db432185cb9aac02824b6d4b10ddec3c7d3b688cbabbe5c67eed1bcbc98057ab3c43f8429876f940b5b3ssdeep: 12288:JZSayd0ipruR8qjP1FFFOOzhEYkhM4aGjpNMe:JZ2prunLXFFO1hMMpNMetype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T17DB49E426EA5C5B1D24404778DD6DB267AE29EB5273168C37FE02E6CEA309D3F93D204sha3_384: 9a7fc7b2f59b6da1aad6447449575d02fda7202f16764fd241d957c09abd96630ace01b1b67ee68fed0c2c5eeed6046aep_bytes: e810b10000e978feffff8bff558bec8dtimestamp: 2012-03-08 16:01:46
Version Info:
FileDescription: InstallerFileVersion: 2.0.654.0ProductVersion: 2.0.654.0Translation: 0x0409 0x30ed

Win32/Adware.HotBar.K also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Adware.Win32.ScreenSaver.lzQI
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366
FireEye	Generic.mg.1a6dcd617cf595f9
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Pinballcor.Gen
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366
Malwarebytes	HotBar.Adware.BrowserHijacker.DDS
Zillya	Adware.HotBar.Win32.785
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)
K7GW	Adware ( 004b8e831 )
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004b8e831 )
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.HotBar.a
VirIT	Adware.Win32.Hotbar.BFG
Symantec	SMG.Heur!gen
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.K
APEX	Malicious
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_AGENT_009621.TOMB
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Adinstall-2
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:UDS:WebToolbar.Win32.Zango.heur
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Zango.dwewfc
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.Hotbar/Variant
Rising	Adware.Hotbar!1.6AAD (CLASSIC)
TACHYON	Trojan-Clicker/W32.ScreenSaver.522936
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366 (B)
F-Secure	Adware.ADWARE/Hotbar.aoj
DrWeb	Adware.Hotbar.999
VIPRE	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366
TrendMicro	TROJ_AGENT_009621.TOMB
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
Sophos	Hotbar (PUA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare/ScreenSaver.lp
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Google	Detected
Avira	ADWARE/Hotbar.aoj
Varist	W32/HotBar.L.gen!Eldorado
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Tgenic
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.993
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.HotBar.DE@4kthx2
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D17C56
ViRobot	Trojan.Win.Z.Hotbar.522936.F
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:UDS:WebToolbar.Win32.Zango.heur
GData	Trojan.GenericKDZ.97366
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win.Agent_009621.R425088
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaE.36744.Fq1@aSKrkhki
MAX	malware (ai score=81)
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
VBA32	SScope.TrojanInjector.xg
Cylance	unsafe
Tencent	Adware.Win32.Agent.aaf
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!UDYMmJt/vIc
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
MaxSecure	not-a-virus:.Adware.HotBar
Fortinet	Adware/ClickPotato.AA
Cybereason	malicious.1bae8f
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen