Adware.Begin2Search
Threat Scorecard
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| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 40 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | June 6, 2022 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.Begin2Search is a dangerous adware infection that has the ability to simulate clicks over the internet through an Internet Explorer hidden window. Adware.Begin2Search is able to load at startup of Windows and lay resident in memory going undetected.
Table of Contents
Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic4.BQSF |
| Fortinet | Adware/MSIL_Surfer |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SafeSurf |
| AntiVir | ADSPY/SafeSurf.C |
| DrWeb | Trojan.DownLoader2.59084 |
| BitDefender | Application.Generic.347124 |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Surfer.c |
| eSafe | Win32.ADSPYSafeSurf |
| Avast | Win32:SafeSurf-B [PUP] |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware |
| AVG | Generic4.CKBK |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.HDC |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Generic PUP.x!vf |
| AntiVir | Adware/SafeSurfing.A.50 |
| BitDefender | Application.Generic.391544 |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove Adware.Begin2Search
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | uTorrent.exe | 2994724bd25688c630d61c696845434c | 8 |
| 2. | uTorrent.exe | 12ee948154fd1bbb8bf52eddddd2ec65 | 7 |
| 3. | updatelogon.dll | 53b3f808473a60e58c7bbeb7ca416651 | 6 |
| 4. | safesurf.exe | 3202ab2fbec720db5e619d7d6b23c11a | 2 |
| 5. | uTorrent.exe | 5b4b3a3ca24995c63bfdb4f750dc90e6 | 1 |
| 6. | safesurf.exe | fe508b8c2af4948604f34b6f9b4f6f4e | 1 |
| 7. | imwireup.exe | 27fc38aa71cfcf2267f3ec554a3c45b8 | 0 |
| 8. | IMWIRE29.DLL | 9caaecb5565f70eed86e36c558bfcea5 | 0 |
