Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic
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Short bio
Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for a large family of bundlers marketed as download assistants.
Type 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
Home remediation
Malwarebytes can detect and remove Adware.DownloadAssistant.Generic without further user interaction.
- Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
- Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
- Click on the Get started button.
- Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
- Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
- 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.