What is brainwash.dll?

brainwash.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\brainwash\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

38 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the brainwash.dll file. That's a 68% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69
Agnitum	PUA.Esprot!
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Gen
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.Esprot
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.MPlug.69
AVG	Generic13_c.AYVD
Avira	ADWARE/MultiPlug.Gen7
AVware	Adware.Win32.Esprot
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.BDFn
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69
Cyren	W32/Adware.GPME-7707
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.NV.gen
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug
Fortinet	Adware/Esprot
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69
Ikarus	not-a-virus:AdWare.Esprot
Jiangmin	AdWare/Esprot.dbu
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Esprot.awli
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.MultiPlug.PLY
McAfee	Artemis!E8EF218E595B
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.MultiPlug.vc
Microsoft	BrowserModifier:Win32/Diplugem
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug.69
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Esprot.dwqjua
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.499
Rising	PE:Adware.MultiPlug!1.A126[F1]
Sophos	Generic PUA HF (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Esprot.Anpv
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EHA15
VBA32	suspected of Heur.Malware-Cryptor.Multiplug
VIPRE	Adware.Win32.Esprot
Zillya	Adware.Esprot.Win32.3197

brainwash.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove brainwash.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the brainwash.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that brainwash.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate brainwash.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the brainwash.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 brainwash.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Program Files\brainwash\brainwash.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the brainwash.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If brainwash.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If brainwash.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If brainwash.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 brainwash.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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