Analysis by: Janus Agcaoili
ALIASES:

Program.Unwanted.1868 (DrWeb)

 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. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 516,914 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 03 Mar 2017

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.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This potentially unwanted application connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://update.{BLOCKED}p.su/
  • http://auth.{BLOCKED}p.su/session
  • http://download.{BLOCKED}p.su/updates/beetle/devcon.exe
  • http://download.{BLOCKED}p.su/updates/beetle/7za.exe
  • http://download.{BLOCKED}p.su/updates/beetle/driverpack-wget.exe
  • http://download.{BLOCKED}p.su/updates/ohm/openhardwaremonitor.zip
  • http://download.{BLOCKED}p.su/updates/dumpchk/dumpchk.zip

It does the following:

  • Displays a window where the user is instructed to install several other softwares:
    • VMware USB Pointing Device
    • LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 Series
    • VMware SVGA 3D
    • Opera
    • Avast Free Antivirus Worldwide
    • Driver Pack Notifier
    • DirectX 9.0c
  • Perform diagnostics after installation:
    • Network Connection check
    • Video adapter check
    • Audio adapter check

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
SSAPI PATTERN File: 1.817.00
SSAPI PATTERN Date: 09 Mar 2017

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Identify and terminate files detected as PUA_DRIVERPACK.GA

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA_DRIVERPACK.GA. 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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