Categories: PUA

Should I remove “Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]”?

The Win32:Timesink-B [PUP] 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:Timesink-B [PUP] virus can do?

  • Creates RWX memory
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task by a long amount of time.
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Generates some ICMP traffic

Related domains:

z.whorecord.xyz
a.tomx.xyz

How to determine Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]?


File Info:

crc32: FD1AED8Bmd5: 3783df1407dafa8c8e769f0f3ed07ae2name: smailv20.exesha1: 9985201954426e17f2df395c0888cd4c929ac11esha256: 129de231cc57710dc0c7cc53d53c4427058790fba5c84efd77bdb3d65c52c990sha512: b482a64a560c3c9ce040f20bcf765c14c66b55cd5e63e8a31d2e3a58f711994d6499d93edbe72f6a1d0d4f5a46f97ec7b03a45b4ae1aec7b7384c90668f25a2cssdeep: 49152:AeHVFtQSs5qobx8jtfKlPtm6L4XR7SEX66aTflY8Xn23D:7m5qkgUl1m6yt86KPUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 1999InternalName: TSInstallFileVersion: 4, 0, 0, 1CompanyName: Conducent Technologies, Inc.ProductName: Conducent Technologies, Inc. TSInstallProductVersion: 4, 0, 0, 1FileDescription: TSInstallOriginalFilename: TSInstall.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Win32:Timesink-B [PUP] also known as:

K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004a418a1 )
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi
CMC AdWare.Win32!O
CAT-QuickHeal Spyware.Conducent
McAfee Adware-TSADB
Malwarebytes Adware.TSAdBot
TheHacker Adware/TimeSink
K7GW Adware ( 004a418a1 )
Arcabit Adware.Heur.EC3DFE
F-Prot W32/TSAdbot.A
Symantec Adware.TSAdBot
ClamAV Win.Adware.Timesink-1
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.TimeSink
BitDefender Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.TimeSink.ridbu
Avast Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]
Tencent Win32.Adware.Timesink.Lknr
Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi
Emsisoft Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi (B)
Comodo Application.Win32.Adware.TimeSink@39av
F-Secure Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi
DrWeb Adware.TimeSink
VIPRE Conducent/Timesink
Invincea heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-TSADB
Sophos Generic PUA NM (PUA)
Cyren W32/TSAdbot.CVHK-1288
Jiangmin AdWare/TimeSink.a
Webroot Spyware:Win32/Conducent
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.TimeSink
Kingsoft Win32.Adware.TimeSink.98.(kcloud)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
Microsoft Spyware:Win32/Conducent
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.TimeSink
GData Gen:Adware.Heur.Fw3@Rydo5jfi
AVware Conducent/Timesink
MAX malware (ai score=65)
VBA32 Adware.TimeSink
Cylance Unsafe
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Adware.TimeSink
Rising Spyware.Conducent!8.254B (RDM+:cmRtazpJdkXo1xUoDSXg66cS0NAk)
Yandex Adware.TimeSink!siI5CG3j3cw
Fortinet Adware/TimeSink
AVG Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]
Cybereason malicious.407daf
Panda Spyware/Conducent-Timesink
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_60% (D)

How to remove Win32:Timesink-B [PUP]?

  • 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.
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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