What is RedirectAds.exe?

RedirectAds.exe is part of RedirectAds and developed by Microsoft according to the RedirectAds.exe version information.

RedirectAds.exe's description is "RedirectAds"

RedirectAds.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected RedirectAds.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on RedirectAds.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	RedirectAds
Company name	Microsoft
File description	RedirectAds
Internal name	RedirectAds.exe
Original filename	RedirectAds.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © Microsoft 2014
Product version	1.0.0.131
File version	1.0.0.131

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	RedirectAds
Company name	Microsoft
File description	RedirectAds
Internal name	RedirectAds.exe
Original filename	RedirectAds.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright © Microsoft 2014
Product version	1.0.0.131
File version	1.0.0.131

Digital signatures [?]

RedirectAds.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

47 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the RedirectAds.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
AegisLab	Trojan.Multi.Generic.4!c
Alibaba	Trojan:MSIL/COINMINE2.70b32a41
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Pynamer
Arcabit	Trojan.Razy.D69265
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1024629
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Pynamer
Comodo	Malware@#27ygdvtfblf60
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.0e4ed1
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.RGCO-2956
DrWeb	Trojan.Click3.27616
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/TrojanClicker.Agent.NHW
F-Secure	Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1024629
FireEye	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
Fortinet	MSIL/Agent.NHW!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.TrojanClicker
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004c5cd01 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004c5cd01 )
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Clicker.MSIL
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	GenericRXEY-BE!14370A60E4ED
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXEY-BE!14370A60E4ED
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Pynamer.B!ac
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Razy.430693
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Click3.fmeyyf
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.5C5F.Malware.Gen
Rising	Trojan.Clicker-Agent!8.13 (CLOUD)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Zusy.Dvpv
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Mal_COINMINE2
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.CL.Agent!2JtkRwx8OZo
Zillya	Trojan.Agent.Win32.1019708
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

47 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the RedirectAds.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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    "dll_loaded": [
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
    ],
    "directory_enumerated": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin",
        "process_name": "33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin",
        "pid": 2856,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin.config"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR"
            ],
            "directory_enumerated": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\mscoreei.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\mscorwks.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1561477989.7344,
        "ppid": 2344
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561477989.4219,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "e:\\Setups\\Project\\RedirectSite\\WinformRedirect\\RedirectAds\\obj\\Debug\\RedirectAds.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0790479183197,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2234,
            "time": 3.0244660377502,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2562,
            "time": 1.0944740772247,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2890,
            "time": 3.0436351299286,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3218,
            "time": 1.6074259281158,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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        },
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            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3874,
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8350,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12542,
            "time": 3.2188160419464,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "2722db4de6b483899a9e17e1cbacc7a68843246038b962921952f014ebc1c062",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "f5e1db16dd897ce38b25bfd6078fd0a6f17b3b88d44dee57bafa3d835cc76927",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

RedirectAds.exe removal instructions

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

Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
When the scan is finished, locate RedirectAds.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the RedirectAds.exe 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 RedirectAds.exe in the scan result.

c:\downloads\RedirectAds.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the RedirectAds.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If RedirectAds.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If RedirectAds.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If RedirectAds.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that RedirectAds.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	14370a60e4ed1cec026362b8359d57da
SHA256	33f54fe6208bdd2085ee0d3bcef0a3a6a1e8803f31185bd54a16110614deb218

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to redirectads.exe:

redirectads.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

redirectads.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

RedirectAds has stopped working.

End Program - redirectads.exe. This program is not responding.

redirectads.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

redirectads.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What is RedirectAds.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

RedirectAds.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with the file?

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