Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic

Short bio

Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for a large family of bundlers marketed as download assistants.

Type and source of infection

Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic can be found on many downloadsites for software, movies, and music. Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic are bundlers that contain mostly adware applications.

Protection

Malwarebytes blocks Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic

Remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic without further user interaction.

1. Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
2. Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
3. When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
4. Click on the Get started button.
5. Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
6. Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
7. Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Note: if Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic was run on the affected system you can expect more adware detections.

Malwarebytes removal log

A Malwarebytes log of removal will look similar to this:

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com
-Log Details-
Scan Date: 8/21/19
Scan Time: 1:30 PM
Log File: 251235c8-c407-11e9-bf64-00ffdcc6fdfc.json

-Software Information-
Version: 3.8.3.2965
Components Version: 1.0.613
Update Package Version: 1.0.12117
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: METALLICA-PC\Metallica

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Manual
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 236290
Threats Detected: 3
Threats Quarantined: 3
Time Elapsed: 8 min, 29 sec

-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect

-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Key: 2
Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\IMAGE FILE EXECUTION OPTIONS\GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE, Quarantined, [12401], [721717],1.0.12117
Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic, HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\IMAGE FILE EXECUTION OPTIONS\GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE, Quarantined, [12401], [721717],1.0.12117

Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)

File: 1
Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic, C:\DOWNLOADS\GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE, Quarantined, [12401], [721717],1.0.12117

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)


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