PUA.Win32.Soft32Downloader.A

January 24, 2020
 ALIASES:

PUP-HVU. (McAfee); SMG.Heur!gen (Symantec); Downloader.Win32.Soft32.adez (Kaspersky); Soft32Downloader (fs) (Sunbelt)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,346,200 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

24 Jan 2020

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.

Installation

This Potentially Unwanted Application creates the following folders:

  • {malware path and file name}.exe.madexcept

Other System Modifications

This Potentially Unwanted Application deletes the following files:

  • {malware path and file name}.exe.madexcept

Other Details

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

  • http://api.{BLOCKED}pi.com
  • {BLOCKED}3.153.8

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Search and delete this folder

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Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the More advanced options option to include all hidden folders in the search result.
  • {malware path and file name}.exe.madexcept

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.Win32.Soft32Downloader.A. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:

Step 4

Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.

  • {malware path and file name}.exe.madexcept


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