Categories: Adware

Win32/Adware.HotBar.L removal instruction

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

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
The executable is compressed using UPX
Authenticode signature is invalid
Enumerates physical drives
Attempted to write directly to a physical drive
Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine Win32/Adware.HotBar.L?


File Info:
name: EDEDC4CF0632626754C3.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/91312ca5b49a15f1663cf77a058a745248c508df8bb0f1a24338935e9bb56394crc32: ABC97A5Emd5: ededc4cf0632626754c3020171cf9fe8sha1: 298909a57cc2e2e536c5ae705ef9e645a33094dfsha256: 91312ca5b49a15f1663cf77a058a745248c508df8bb0f1a24338935e9bb56394sha512: 36f501b0add6f7a53d769650ffe860fc674814bce6458bab3609dbf317cd876af1ab7312a68aaa32ff9a9d1db31c320f5311397761645e057c31d58a71a44e78ssdeep: 6144:3BocFBLsmRgcqbbgFLR1YJHrBUBqNTRAsLsMfC+cZuw3ydk4vtU:RoYumxqbUdRyZCBqdasLVOkQydkGtUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1E864237EC78D0885F0526BB9F0CBDBF11710B04BC5A45F9E98F1E8EA2CB29B99D64144sha3_384: 23e36282d80767c513abed1b0a1e5dc124feeb87505540ace2c4a0f90f46f46cb6c7b905f8e5ab4c62e2f368b23ce9b0ep_bytes: 60be00b046008dbe0060f9ff57eb0b90timestamp: 2012-10-09 16:34:40
Version Info:
FileDescription: SetupFileVersion: 3.0.106.1ProductVersion: 3.0.106.1Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Win32/Adware.HotBar.L also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Adware.Win32.ScreenSaver.lr65
tehtris	Generic.Malware
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
FireEye	Generic.mg.ededc4cf06326267
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Appbundler.Gen
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
Cylance	unsafe
Zillya	Adware.AgentCRT.Win32.48
Sangfor	PUA.Win32.Sign.a
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 00314f2c1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 00314f2c1 )
Cybereason	malicious.f06326
VirIT	PUP.Win32.AppBundler.A
Symantec	Adware.Clkpotato!gen3
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.L
APEX	Malicious
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Possible_HOTBAR.UNP
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Screensaver-1
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/ScreenSaver.e1ebddfc
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.cwpj.dvtojy
Avast	Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]
Baidu	Win32.Adware.Agent.b
DrWeb	Adware.Hotbar.700
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
TrendMicro	Possible_HOTBAR.UNP
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	Hotbar (PUA)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare/ScreenSaver.qi
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Varist	W32/A-1bf7d2ed!Eldorado
Avira	TR/Banach.A
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.ScreenSaver
Kingsoft	malware.kb.b.966
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.ScreenSaver.DI@4t0hrx
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Zango.1
ViRobot	Adware.HotBar.334000.BFQ
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e
Microsoft	Adware:Win32/Hotbar
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.ScreenSaver.R22944
Acronis	suspicious
McAfee	Adware-HotBar.d
Google	Detected
MAX	malware (ai score=96)
VBA32	BScope.Adware.ScreenSaver
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
Rising	Adware.Hotbar!1.6AAD (CLOUD)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!ZoRco6P4FCQ
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
MaxSecure	Adware.AdWare.WIN32.ScreenSaver.e_214905
Fortinet	Adware/Hotbar
AVG	Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (W)