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PUA_GREENER

January 27, 2017
 ALIASES:

PUA.Yontoo.C (Symantec); BrowserModifier:Win32/Foxiebro (Microsoft); PUP.Optional.BrowseFox (Malwarebytes); Adware.SwiftBrowse.AZ (BitDefender)

 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

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 is a component of other malware.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

52,928 bytes

File Type:

SYS

Initial Samples Received Date:

25 Jan 2017

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.

Installation

This potentially unwanted application is a component of other malware.

Other Details

This potentially unwanted application requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.