PUA.Win32.InstallIQ.AO

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Potentially Unwanted Application drops the following files:

• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\stub.log → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\wrapper.xml → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\autorun.txt → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\timings.txt → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\{Malware File Name}.log → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\stubinfo.ini → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}\detectionrules.dat → Deleted afterwards
• %AppDataLocalLow%\cookieman.exe → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\cookies.sqlite → Deleted afterwards
• %User Temp%\cookies → Deleted afterwards
• %Cookies%\{User Name}@installiq[1].txt

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).. %AppDataLocalLow% is the LocalLow Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\LocalLow on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).. %Cookies% is the Internet Explorer browser cookies folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Cookies on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies on Windows Vista and 7, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies on Windows 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

It adds the following processes:

•  {Malware File Path}\{Malware File Name}.exe" /wrapper /dir="%User Temp%\pkg_{Random}" /pproc="{Parent Process Name}"

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

It creates the following folders:

• %User Temp%\pkg_{Random}

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Other System Modifications

This Potentially Unwanted Application deletes the following files:

• %AppDataLocalLow%\cookie.ini

(Note: %AppDataLocalLow% is the LocalLow Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\LocalLow on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freeze.com\
Installer
test = 1

It deletes the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freeze.com

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freeze.com\
Installer

Propagation

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have rootkit capabilities.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freeze.com

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freeze.com\
Installer

It does the following:

• It connects to the following website to send and receive information:
  • http://dl.{BLOCKED}liq.com/api/detectionrequest.aspx?keyid=1&shortname=applianflv_upgrade&langid={Language ID}
  • http://dl.{BLOCKED}liq.com/postback/V1/landing.aspx
• It shows the following upon execution:
  
• It shows another window with a warning message to configure the user's firewall or antivirus and to ensure that internet connection of the machine:
  
  
  If installation is cancelled, it will show the following image:
  
• It opens the following website through browser:
  • http://{BLOCKED}smiles.com/

It does not exploit any vulnerability.