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Adware/SharpHide

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Adware/SharpHide is classified as a type of adware.
Adware is any software package that automatically displays advertisements while the program is running. Adware is often not malicious, but unwanted, and a user is often unaware of its being installed on the local machine.
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  • Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
  • Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.

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Detection Availability

FortiGate
Extreme
FortiClient
Extended
FortiMail
Extended
FortiSandbox
Extended
FortiWeb
Extended
Web Application Firewall
Extended
FortiIsolator
Extended
FortiDeceptor
Extended
FortiEDR

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2024-01-03 92.00311
2023-11-22 91.09040
2022-07-19 90.04286
2022-07-12 90.04092
2022-05-22 90.02525
2022-05-17 90.02383
2022-04-26 90.01752
2022-02-22 89.09863
2022-02-20 89.09795
2022-02-08 89.09443
ID 10070336
Released Nov 29, 2021
Description
Updated		 Nov 29, 2021
Platform Profile Adware typically display advertising content to the user. This advertising content may take many forms, but is typically in the form of web browser pop-up advertisements. In most circumstances, the user is not aware of the Adware component being installed on the local machine.