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Adware.FlashEnhancer

Posted: September 3, 2012

Threat Metric

Ranking: 2,983
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 4,876
First Seen: September 3, 2012
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Aliases

Adware/FlashTrack [Panda]Generic.EYC [AVG]Adware/FlashEnhancer [Fortinet]Trojan.Win32.Small [Ikarus]Win-Trojan/Zapchast.53248.B [AhnLab-V3]Adware:Win32/FlashEnhancer [Microsoft]AdWare/FlashEnhancer.a.gen [Antiy-AVL]Mal/Generic-L [Sophos]TR/Drop.Starter.G.2 [AntiVir]Adware.Broadcap [DrWeb]Application.Win32.Adware.FlashEnhancer [Comodo]not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.FlashEnhancer.a [Kaspersky]Spyware.FlashEnhance [eSafe]Win32:Adan-AS [Adw] [Avast]Adware.FlashEnhancer [Symantec]
More aliases (28)

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\AmiExt\flashEnhancer\ie\flashEnhancerX64.dll File name: flashEnhancerX64.dll
Size: 217.08 KB (217088 bytes)
MD5: f833c12ba77fe46397a1dcb95aa5a8ca
Detection count: 180
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\AmiExt\flashEnhancer\ie\flashEnhancerX64.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 24, 2021
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Java\flacpy.exe File name: flacpy.exe
Size: 53.24 KB (53248 bytes)
MD5: c45071eccfe7caacabc1bdaf8cfade4a
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Java
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 3, 2012

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AmiExt\IE plugin\flashEnhancerSoftware\AppDataLow\Software\AmiExt\IE plugin\flashEnhancerSoftware\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Software\AmiExt\IE plugin\flashEnhancerSOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\ext@flashenhancer.comSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\ext@flashenhancer.com

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%Temp%\flashEnhancer1
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