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PUA_SOFTONIC.GC

August 08, 2018
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

Riskware/Softonicdownloader (Fortinet); AdWare.AdInstaller.Softonic (Ikarus)

 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 may be manually installed by a user.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

386,864 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

07 Aug 2018

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 may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://lhaz.{BLOCKED}ic.jp/universaldownloader-prefetch

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.