Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA removal tips

The Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA 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.PopupDefence.AA virus can do?

Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA?


File Info:
name: 050F7E62C0E42678139B.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/752df7d663e3c97e098747abe4e950ba59d68e0f326165367c3ad8cb6e388dcb
crc32: 1AC91CED
md5: 050f7e62c0e42678139b396509d7ffec
sha1: a0fa0401a45406ba260846eaf42508d6adfa991a
sha256: 752df7d663e3c97e098747abe4e950ba59d68e0f326165367c3ad8cb6e388dcb
sha512: 41b76412e1df7f0905453a6da1e8399c430b81fa9c4b5e4676e323bf0d1f85031ac0f274a6e5f29d0e3e5feb4af50e268330f8f0efffe85fdaada4d9c4e5003f
ssdeep: 3072:d23MOQYnE3O9ljUcr6vOYcqtvt3fKc2kw9wCUQ9mB8NiUlphGpZfc:fOVUOf42ixfK/mCUQ88I6hGPf
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T1DCE3AF0375A1C07AC59E407E3C554B75E7BBEE20D9744E43AF18BA4E2E31690DB2B306
sha3_384: 8da500c061aa65f1e1ce2a5066a501a464b7ddeeabc3dfe6416d47f024cc81e60fee1244361704716a35c44548917681
ep_bytes: 6a0c68b0a90110e88104000033c04089
timestamp: 2004-02-12 20:44:23

Version Info:
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA also known as:

Lionic	Adware.Win32.PopupDefence.2!c
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
FireEye	Generic.mg.050f7e62c0e42678
Skyhigh	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.ch
McAfee	SFGProtect
Cylance	unsafe
Sangfor	Adware.Win32.Popupdefence.Vpdd
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_60% (D)
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/PopupDefence.676d4376
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.PopupDefence.a
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.PopupDefence.dozvbf
Avast	Win32:GenMaliciousA-IIW [PUP]
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.13ad0f44
TACHYON	Trojan-Clicker/W32.PopupDefence.151552
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1329007
DrWeb	Adware.Siggen.4656
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PAO24
Jiangmin	AdWare/PopupDefence.a
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1329007
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.PopupDefence
Kingsoft	malware.kb.a.999
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt@#1yaqr65rb9f0y
ViRobot	Adware.Agent.151552.EP
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.PopupDefence.a
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Xema.C140503
VBA32	Adware.PopupDefence
Panda	Generic Malware
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PAO24
Rising	Adware.PopupDefence!8.10516 (TFE:5:gAElZVRgg2B)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!KvKqvziuxkk
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.8167405.susgen
Fortinet	Riskware/SFGProtect
AVG	Win32:GenMaliciousA-IIW [PUP]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS

How to remove Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA?

Win32/Adware.PopupDefence.AA 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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