Analysis by: Sammy Chua
 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 is the Trend Micro detection for potentially unwanted applications (PUA) bundled and installed with cross browser extensions.

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 requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: Varies
File Type: JS
Initial Samples Received Date: 31 Mar 2015

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.

Other Details

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