PUA_WGUARD.COMPONENT
Windows
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Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This potentially unwanted application may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
127,488 bytes
EXE
No
29 Jun 2016
Arrival Details
This potentially unwanted application may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.
It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other Details
This potentially unwanted application connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- https://www1.wg.{BLOCKED}te.net/User/G002.aspx?winny={value}&nyp={value}&share={value}&pd={value}&cabos={value}&lime={value}&p={value}&host={host name}&user={user name}&sid={SID}&vi={value}&bit={value}&emule={value}&winmx={value}&utorrent={value}&azureus={value}&admin=1&maddr={mAC Address}&wsaver={value}&res={value}&anti=
It does the following:
- Opens an instance of Internet Explorer to connect to the possibly malicious URL
SOLUTION
9.800
1.746.07
30 Jun 2016
NOTES:
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