PUA.Win64.DriverReviver.AB
Windows

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.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
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 creates the following folders:
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\backups
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\Language
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater
(Note: %All Users Profile% is the common user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit). )
Other System Modifications
This Potentially Unwanted Application deletes the following files:
- %Application Data%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\AppSettings.xml
- %Windows%\Tasks\Start WinZip Driver Updater for {computername}@{username}(logon).job
(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(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).. %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)
Dropping Routine
This Potentially Unwanted Application drops the following files:
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\app_log.log
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\backups\BackupInfo.xml
- %AppDataLocal%\GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\du_statistic
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\AppSettings.xml
- %User Temp%\lci.lci
- %User Temp%\dr_lang_temp.xml
- %User Temp%\7za.exe
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\du_statistic-journal
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\DRmanager_log.log
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\Language\English.xml
(Note: %All Users Profile% is the common user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit). . %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).. %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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://api.{BLOCKED}p.com
- http://ssl.{BLOCKED}-analytics.com
- http://updaterv.{BLOCKED}p.com
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
Step 1
Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 2
Search and delete these components
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\app_log.log
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\backups\BackupInfo.xml
- %AppDataLocal%\GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\du_statistic
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\AppSettings.xml
- %User Temp%\lci.lci
- %User Temp%\dr_lang_temp.xml
- %User Temp%\7za.exe
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\du_statistic-journal
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\DRmanager_log.log
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\Language\English.xml
Step 3
Search and delete these folders
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\backups
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\Language
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500
- %All Users Profile%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater
Step 4
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.Win64.DriverReviver.AB. 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:
Step 5
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- %Application Data%\WinZip\WinZip Driver Updater\S-1-5-21-2407829820-1079796033-203259571-500\AppSettings.xml
- %Windows%\Tasks\Start WinZip Driver Updater for {computername}@{username}(logon).job
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