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ADW_BUNDTRACK

February 06, 2014
 Analysis by: Mark Joseph Manahan
 ALIASES:

Riskware/Bundlore (Fortinet) , (Eset) ,[conduitinstaller.exe]:Adware/Conduit (Panda) ,Bundlore (fs) (Sunbelt)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This adware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

482,112 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 Feb 2014

Arrival Details

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This adware adds the following folders:

  • %Program Files%\vGrabber-software
  • %Start Menu%\Video Downloader

(Note: %Program Files% is the default Program Files folder, usually C:\Program Files in Windows 2000, Server 2003, and XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), and 7 (32-bit), or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows XP (64-bit), Vista (64-bit), and 7 (64-bit).. %Start Menu% is the current user's Start Menu folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Start Menu or C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu on Windows Vista and 7.)

It drops the following files:

  • %Program Files%\vGrabber-software\appicon.ico
  • %Program Files%\vGrabber-software\Uninstall.exe
  • %Start Menu%\Video Downloader\Video Downloader.lnk
  • %Start Menu%\Video Downloader\Uninstall.lnk
  • %Desktop%\Video Downloader.lnk

(Note: %Program Files% is the default Program Files folder, usually C:\Program Files in Windows 2000, Server 2003, and XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), and 7 (32-bit), or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows XP (64-bit), Vista (64-bit), and 7 (64-bit).. %Start Menu% is the current user's Start Menu folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Start Menu or C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu on Windows Vista and 7.. %Desktop% is the current user's desktop, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{User Name}\Desktop on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop on Windows Vista and 7.)

Other System Modifications

This adware adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Conduit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
Video Downloader

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Conduit\
AppPaths

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Conduit\
AppPaths\VideoDownloader.exe

Other Details

This adware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}k.{BLOCKED}formance.info