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PUA.Win32.SoftonicDownloader.GA

December 28, 2018
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

Downloader.Win32.Softonic.c (Kaspersky); Win32/SoftonicDownloader.A (NOD32)

 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:

287,000 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

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.