Modified by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay

ALIASES:

PUP.Optional.LoadMoney (Malwarebytes); a variant of Win32/AdWare.LoadMoney.NT (ESET-NOD32); Win32:LoadMoney-FA [PUP] (Avast); PUA.LoadMoney! (Yandex)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine. However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 634,976 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 06 May 2015

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://forces.{BLOCKED}dforum.ru/get_json?{random characters}
  • http://forces.{BLOCKED}roup.ru/get_json?{random characters}

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

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