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PUA_DealPly.GA

October 19, 2016
 Modified by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 ALIASES:

HEUR:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.gen (Kaspersky); Win32/DealPly.DM (Nod32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware

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 arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages. It may be manually installed by a user.

It connects to certain websites to send and receive information. It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

293,376 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

15 Oct 2016

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This potentially unwanted application injects codes into the following process(es):

  • chrome.exe
  • iexplore.exe
  • firefox.exe

Other Details

This potentially unwanted application connects to the following website to send and receive information:

  • http://q.{BLOCKED}cejs.net/dealdo/event-report?type=quick&topic={data}&partner={data}&channel={data}&version={data}&hid={data}&instgrp={data}&process={data}

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

It does the following:

  • It monitors the user's browsing activities.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

1.776.25

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

15 Oct 2016

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA_DealPly.GA. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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