Adware.Win32.WowSearch.GC
Windows
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
2,032,503 bytes
EXE
29 Jun 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 drops the following files:
- %User Temp%\nsaE97E.tmp
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp\UAC.dll
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp\version.dll
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp\System.dll
- %Program Files%\wow search\icons\install.ico
- %Program Files%\wow search\icons\wow_ico.ico
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp\nsProcess.dll
- %User Temp%\sqlite3.exe
- %User Temp%\result.txt
- %AppDataLocal%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data_backup
- %AppDataLocal%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data-journal
- %AppDataLocal%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences_backup
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.. %Program Files% is the default Program Files folder, usually C:\Program Files in Windows 2000, Server 2003, and XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), 7 (32-bit), and 8 (32-bit), or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows XP (64-bit), Vista (64-bit), 7 (64-bit), and 8 (64-bit).. %AppDataLocal% is the Local Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)
It drops and executes the following files:
- %User Temp%\PrefJsonCpp.exe
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)
It creates the following folders:
- %User Temp%\nsmE9D9.tmp
- %Program Files%\wow search
- %Program Files%\wow search\icons
(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.. %Program Files% is the default Program Files folder, usually C:\Program Files in Windows 2000, Server 2003, and XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), 7 (32-bit), and 8 (32-bit), or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows XP (64-bit), Vista (64-bit), 7 (64-bit), and 8 (64-bit).)
Other System Modifications
This Adware also creates the following registry entry(ies) as part of its installation routine:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SecurityUpdatesService
search_version = "1.0.11"