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Adware.Hicosmea
Short bio
Adware.Hicosmea is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a family of adware targeting Windows systems.
Symptoms
Adware.Hicosmea typically drops a DLL in a new sub-folder of %APPDATA%\roaming. This DLL will then be loaded in explorer.exe to display pop-ups and other forms of advertisements.
Protection
Malwarebytes protects users from Adware.Hicosmea using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks Adware.Hicosmea
Remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Adware.Hicosmea without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
- Double-click mb3-setup-consumer-{version}.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Then click Finish.
- Once the program has fully updated, select Scan Now on the Dashboard. Or select the Threat Scan from the Scan menu.
- If another update of the definitions is available, it will be implemented before the rest of the scanning procedure.
- When the scan is complete, make sure that all Threats are selected, and click Remove Selected.
- Restart your computer when prompted to do so.
