Analysis by: Arvin Roi Macaraeg
ALIASES:

PUA:Win32/Qjwmonkey(Microsoft); Artemis!3D62AF485479(McAfee); A Variant Of Win32/Adware.Qjwmonkey.H(ESET-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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 1,354,160 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 26 Mar 2019

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.

Installation

This Potentially Unwanted Application drops the following files:

  • %Application Data%\GlobalMgr.db

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

Other System Modifications

This Potentially Unwanted Application adds the following registry entries as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Direct3D\MostRecentApplication
Name = "{malware filename}.exe"

Other Details

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

  • x.{BLOCKED}e.com

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.