How to remove “Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC”?

The Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC 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.HPDefender.DGC virus can do?

How to determine Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC?


File Info:
crc32: 63C4C3EB
md5: f749369b3d308f5bca28d216830ec95d
name: F749369B3D308F5BCA28D216830EC95D.mlw
sha1: 22e933bca1fc687d2493887673839080d31d4913
sha256: 1a2ae45ece075d82d4a21309ca4beb170775cd1b7e09ae0682306c867d8520c6
sha512: e5a861db4055810b3d29c28c5f10606998f5ace2e83a8f194ef0cc211f6cc51ad08d64b1de5c268d0d5b6e1d067838d5f457841c0b1509622efca49b871ffa36
ssdeep: 3072:coMMEl/As1TuhANmjUGrsLqlGgzouza5AzNzEYXgab6dUAzIz4n2zmzmzmzwvA2:gdpAs1SSmjUjco23Y/4H
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware2
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0057a3551 )
Lionic	Trojan.Multi.GenericML.4!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
DrWeb	Trojan.StartPage1.48753
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Cylance	Unsafe
Zillya	Adware.Hpdefender.Win32.12
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/HPDefender.4b2acb98
K7GW	Adware ( 0057a3551 )
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC
APEX	Malicious
Avast	FileRepMalware
Kaspersky	UDS:Trojan.Multi.GenericML.xnet
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Hpdefender.eylqdd
ViRobot	Adware.Zusy.322560
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Generic.Ecjx
Sophos	Generic PUA CC (PUA)
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34236.tuW@aiEFejj
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PK121
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Adopshel.fz
FireEye	Generic.mg.f749369b3d308f5b
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1127994
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Hpdefender.C2266730
McAfee	GenericRXEE-OV!F749369B3D30
MAX	malware (ai score=98)
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.StartPage
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Rising	Trojan.Generic@ML.95 (RDMK:ywZjtj22AQA2CnJPhibmdA)
Yandex	PUA.Hpdefender!+7n0I2JXhMo
Ikarus	PUA.HPDefender
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/HPDefender
AVG	FileRepMalware
Paloalto	generic.ml

How to remove Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC?

Win32/Adware.HPDefender.DGC 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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