Analysis by: Mohammed Malubay

ALIASES:

Riskware/DealPly(FORTINET); Adware.DealPly.2.Gen(BITDEFENDER); a variant of Win32/DealPly.QN potentially unwanted application(NOD32);

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • 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 does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 895,488 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 10 Feb 2020

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.

Propagation

This Adware does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Adware does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Adware does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Adware does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Adware does not exploit any vulnerability.

NOTES:

This Adware does the following:

  • It display the following windows upon execution:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
SSAPI PATTERN File: 2.260.00
SSAPI PATTERN Date: 13 Feb 2020

Step 1

Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:

     PUA.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF033E0002

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Adware.Win32.Dealply.RMZW. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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