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Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L removal

The Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L 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.PCAcceleratePro.L virus can do?

  • SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
  • Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
  • Presents an Authenticode digital signature
  • Creates RWX memory
  • Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
  • Performs HTTP requests potentially not found in PCAP.
  • HTTPS urls from behavior.
  • CAPE extracted potentially suspicious content
  • The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Authenticode signature is invalid
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Attempts to modify desktop wallpaper
  • Behavioural detection: Injection (inter-process)
  • Behavioural detection: Injection with CreateRemoteThread in a remote process
  • Creates a hidden or system file
  • Checks the CPU name from registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
  • Collects information to fingerprint the system

How to determine Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L?


File Info:

name: A5B3821B311457EBC5D7.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c94914b1876ae71cf500da59c9c1054d2c8558296635f01186910bf80a460ab6crc32: E1FAAA8Amd5: a5b3821b311457ebc5d7bb695e745e08sha1: 94e8a9ec796b97d0fc04b8772d2c58ec40e88291sha256: c94914b1876ae71cf500da59c9c1054d2c8558296635f01186910bf80a460ab6sha512: 84ce3ee294af2e576587cbb1d0f63dc3913128f4108209271dc070d21ba055afe2d44696d2b9225a47732a93c9fd54a6d04089bee3c79010b6187be5126860acssdeep: 98304:Etu/zQNzl6pNC3Rncu2ZCJf8uOTvoO4IB4/tF3P+4w5jxkMr4X64+pl+y:Etu7+pONw2Z5TvoO4IB4/tF3P+4w5jxBtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T198268C42FC61DD7BF363863088B9FAB591FEB1B8473A40F3719C674826282E12575726sha3_384: ea802deba779e849ea6d25a7b0a3d55ef945e56f7bda443378cd94ff656b51fa3cec6d617081c4a03e518619d220b9beep_bytes: e8600c0000e98efeffff558becf64508timestamp: 2020-03-03 07:54:31

Version Info:

CompanyName: qtPCAP SystemFileDescription: qtPCAPInternalName: qtPCAPOriginalFilename: qtPCAPProductName: qtPCAPFileVersion: 1.0.5.03LegalCopyright: (C) 2020 qtPCAP SystemProductVersion: 1.0.5.03Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L also known as:

Bkav W32.AIDetect.malware2
Lionic Riskware.Win32.Doina.1!c
Elastic malicious (high confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Doina.1
FireEye Generic.mg.a5b3821b311457eb
McAfee Artemis!A5B3821B3114
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 005858ac1 )
Alibaba RiskWare:Win32/PCAccelerator.0f52905f
K7GW Adware ( 005858ac1 )
Cybereason malicious.b31145
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Doina.1
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L
APEX Malicious
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky HEUR:Hoax.Win32.PCAccelerator.gen
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Doina.1
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.81 (RDML:0ek4yd7uppzJXQ1gI9xWXA)
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Doina.1
Emsisoft Application.PCFixer (A)
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.4751
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
Sophos Generic PUA JE (PUA)
Avira HEUR/AGEN.1125048
MAX malware (ai score=78)
Gridinsoft Ransom.Win32.Gen.sa
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Doina.1
Cynet Malicious (score: 99)
ALYac Gen:Variant.Application.Doina.1
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.PCAcceleratePro
Yandex Trojan.GenAsa!hOSvZLz5GGM
SentinelOne Static AI – Suspicious PE
Fortinet Riskware/PCAcceleratePro
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Panda Trj/CI.A

How to remove Win32/Adware.PCAcceleratePro.L?

  • 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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