What is AdService.dll?

AdService.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\adservice\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected AdService.dll.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

AdService.dll does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

AdService.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

41 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AdService.dll file. That's a 63% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm
AegisLab Gen.Troj.Heur!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.MDA.R207490
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Heur.LP.ED1BBE
Avast Win32:SocStealer-C [Trj]
AVG Win32:SocStealer-C [Trj]
Avira TR/Spy.Socelars.rguvd
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Agent
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cyren W32/Trojan.VHHS-2915
Emsisoft Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Spy.Socelars.A
F-Secure Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm
Fortinet W32/Socelars.A!tr.spy
GData Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Agent
K7AntiVirus Spyware ( 0051562a1 )
K7GW Spyware ( 0051562a1 )
Malwarebytes Trojan.PasswordStealer
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Trojan-FNYO!50FE68DCE165
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareConvertAd.bc
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.LP.Su4@aCn7!qm
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Socelars.eslzsi
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.a31
Rising Spyware.Socelars!8.EBE4 (cloud:VlD8dAHyTNT)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Heur.Swli
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R01BC0OI717
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R01BC0OI717
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Socelars.730624
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex TrojanSpy.Socelars!
41 of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the AdService.dll file.

AdService.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove AdService.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the AdService.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that AdService.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate AdService.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the AdService.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate AdService.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\adservice\AdService.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the AdService.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If AdService.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If AdService.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If AdService.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that AdService.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD550fe68dce165985b7ad63a1d7f20d036
SHA25616e70b6723d35d0920038abd632aa5492ab7b74f421ca7e5f2b50a32252e738c

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with AdService.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

Votes
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0
Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with AdService.dll. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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