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PUA_WIDGI.COMPONENT

November 02, 2016
 Analysis by: Michael Jay Villanueva
 ALIASES:

PUA.Toolbar.Widgi! (Yandex); Riskware/Widgi (Fortinet)

 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 may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It is a component of other malware.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

117,568 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

14 Oct 2016

Arrival Details

This potentially unwanted application may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It 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 is a component of other malware.

Other Details

This potentially unwanted application requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

NOTES:

This file is a component of the grayware detected as PUA_WIDGI.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

Step 1

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

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA_WIDGI.COMPONENT. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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