What is “Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A”?

The Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A 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.

What Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A virus can do?

• SetUnhandledExceptionFilter detected (possible anti-debug)
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE
• Checks adapter addresses which can be used to detect virtual network interfaces
• Guard pages use detected – possible anti-debugging.
• A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
• Dynamic (imported) function loading detected
• Enumerates running processes
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Attempts to modify browser security settings
• Attempts to disable browser security warnings
• Harvests cookies for information gathering
• The sample wrote data to the system hosts file.

How to determine Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A?

File Info:
name: B6958AF56BF5C7229C7C.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/c381247b9f491babee64896e63a3cc01637be41f61a44a287630c20e1db6e96fcrc32: 67D07768md5: b6958af56bf5c7229c7cbe9cc49b0892sha1: 93261617f9ad48ff15c5fba42a7f0856fcccac95sha256: c381247b9f491babee64896e63a3cc01637be41f61a44a287630c20e1db6e96fsha512: 95e8b00ade413de7bda1ad54b1b374eb5e2264f8c181ad546ac6bc536766ccd1064d742c973f2a277fba09043e6cf715027ad8144e36699d26733000045fffb3ssdeep: 24576:FlMASNCyT6SqARSNb0/IyuopBR60rzrBv3M:vMAmCyT3RSNo/rpB/PlMtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1E7458C067660C0B2C2E86D305DA2FB746EBE6C705D395A9732C83B6E3E710C15A29D5Fsha3_384: 90b9e515cdad2580c4e2f489cd4b70d914b0b6c3d2193800e732d9d737f7df5be6b11e08a7eb26359870f2a3aab25413ep_bytes: e83db30000e978feffffcccccccccccctimestamp: 1970-01-01 03:40:00
Version Info:
Comments: IE_FREAMEFileDescription: pulicFileVersion: 1, 5, 11, 315ProductName: IE_FREAMEProductVersion: 0, 0, 0, 1Translation: 0x0804 0x03a8

Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A also known as:

How to remove Win32/Adware.Zzinfor.A?

• 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.