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What is Win64 malware gen?

Joe Ford

What is Win64 malware gen?

Win64:Malware-Gen is a heuristic detection designed used by Avast Antivirus to generically detect a Trojan Horse. Give a remote malicious hacker access to your PC. Advertising banners are injected with the web pages that you are visiting. Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.

What is Adware-Gen?

Win32:Adware-gen is a heuristic detection used by antivirus software, designed to generically detect an adware program. This type of adware program shows ads as you browse the web. Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user’s knowledge.

What is Win32 adware-Gen ADW?

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] is a heuristic detection designed to generically detect a Potentially Unwanted Program. A potentially unwanted application is a program that contains adware, installs toolbars or has other unclear objectives. Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user’s knowledge.

How do I find adware on my PC?

2. Use Windows Defender to to scan your computer. Click the Windows “Start” button and select “Control Panel.” Type “windows defender” in the Search field and click the Windows Defender link that appears. Click the “Scan” button to begin a hard disk scan for viruses and adware.

Is Adaware Web Companion safe?

Adaware Web Companion is a legitimate program that can protect your browser against unauthorized changes and detects and blocks malicious sites. While Adaware Web Companion is not malicious, this program is bundled alongside with adware or other potentially unwanted programs within the installer of different programs.

How do I get rid of Adaware Web Companion?

Remove Adaware Web Companion From Programs and Features:

  1. Click Start.
  2. In the Start menu select Settings => Control Panel.
  3. Find and click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Select the program.
  5. Click Remove.

How do I turn off secure search in Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons .
  3. Choose Secure Search Bar.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.
  5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.