Categories: PUA

How to remove “Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]”?

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What Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP] virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
The executable is compressed using UPX
Authenticode signature is invalid

How to determine Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]?


File Info:
name: EDA2B4746222C604A365.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/7d04f385c001c34afe6cad4ec75677ea9e8913390879e1f23d4650554970ccbbcrc32: 11E15194md5: eda2b4746222c604a3655822df629acdsha1: 5b4fc88baf67f0a24c4f21852be1d5042fa27b7csha256: 7d04f385c001c34afe6cad4ec75677ea9e8913390879e1f23d4650554970ccbbsha512: e345670371ab11d970bf4d7adaaf4731eb45b963932978464d3b51f8f3e65709272ac0bed993d1e2ee1655e3f84a644a4f012b69cf141eb7ecb2768754bb54bessdeep: 6144:TimBc61GK8LV1KkgbdulMX7Dw3ZIStcD2C9wKbMpXmMTy:+Cc61KLLKkgWo7MpIStcD2gmXmM2type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1BB64232BC250408EEAA4EC390483DA7F3371B127E75C7A461B505FED4DB3B97DA1A509sha3_384: 3ef79efae504586444859c49cb4ce724ee44a6bb941f2f5422f87190e467eb2c2dfef32dd20c5069bd578de91936696cep_bytes: 60be00c046008dbe0050f9ff57eb0b90timestamp: 2012-08-22 14:54:36
Version Info:
FileDescription: SetupFileVersion: 3.0.99.0ProductVersion: 3.0.99.0Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP] also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetectMalware
Lionic	Adware.Win32.ScreenSaver.lWF2
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
FireEye	Generic.mg.eda2b4746222c604
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Appbundler.Gen
Skyhigh	Adware-HotBar.d
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
Cylance	unsafe
VIPRE	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
Sangfor	PUA.Win32.Sign.a
Alibaba	AdWare:Win32/ScreenSaver.bda7b65c
K7GW	Adware ( 00314f2c1 )
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 00314f2c1 )
Symantec	Adware.Clkpotato!gen3
tehtris	Generic.Malware
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.L
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
APEX	Malicious
Paloalto	generic.ml
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Screensaver-1
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.cwpj.dvtojy
Avast	Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]
Tencent	Adware.Win32.Hotbar.16000527
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1 (B)
Baidu	Win32.Adware.Agent.b
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Banach.A
DrWeb	Adware.Hotbar.700
Zillya	Adware.AgentCRT.Win32.48
TrendMicro	Possible_HOTBAR.UNP
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Sophos	ClickPotato Installer (PUA)
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Zango.1
Jiangmin	AdWare.ScreenSaver.h
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Varist	W32/A-1bf7d2ed!Eldorado
Avira	TR/Banach.A
MAX	malware (ai score=75)
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.ScreenSaver
Kingsoft	malware.kb.b.993
Xcitium	ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.ScreenSaver.DI@4t0hrx
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Zango.1
ViRobot	Adware.HotBar.325296.AXM
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e
Microsoft	Adware:Win32/Hotbar
Google	Detected
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.ScreenSaver.C161627
McAfee	Adware-HotBar.d
VBA32	BScope.Adware.ScreenSaver
Malwarebytes	Generic.Malware.AI.DDS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Possible_HOTBAR.UNP
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.12F6E0C4 (C64:YzY0OqR9VBoi3L/2)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!ZoRco6P4FCQ
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
MaxSecure	Adware.AdWare.WIN32.ScreenSaver.e_214905
Fortinet	Adware/Hotbar
AVG	Win32:Zango-AQ [PUP]
DeepInstinct	MALICIOUS