PUA.MSIL.StormAlerts.A

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.

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.

Other System Modifications

This Potentially Unwanted Application adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\StormAlerts
Installed = "True"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\StormAlerts
GUID = "{GUID}"

Dropping Routine

This Potentially Unwanted Application drops the following files:

• %AppDataLocal%\GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT

(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Local Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Other Details

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

• http://checkip.{BLOCKED}s.org
• http://maps.{BLOCKED}apis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?{random characters}
• http://www.{BLOCKED}c.noaa.gov/{random path}
• http://earthquake.{BLOCKED}s.gov/earthquakes/feed/v0.1/summary/2.5_day.csv

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.