PUA.Win32.SoftonicDownloader.GA
Downloader.Win32.Softonic.c (Kaspersky); Win32/SoftonicDownloader.A (NOD32)
Windows
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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
287,000 bytes
EXE
27 Dec 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 System Modifications
This Potentially Unwanted Application adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Softonic\
Universal Downloader\session
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Softonic\
Universal Downloader
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Softonic
Other Details
This Potentially Unwanted Application connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- https://pdf-knife.{BLOCKED}ic.jp/universaldownloader-prefetch
However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.