PUA_MULTIPLUG

 Analysis by: Homer Pacag

 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 may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It 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

File Size:

463,560 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

01 Apr 2015

Arrival Details

This potentially unwanted application may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It 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:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\{d1a3a3e3-e5c8-b4d2-d1a3-3a3e3e5c8f8f}\{Malware Name}.exe
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\{d1a3a3e3-e5c8-b4d2-d1a3-3a3e3e5c8f8f}\{Malware Name}.dat
  • %User Startup%\{Malware Name}.lnk
  • %User Temp%\F470\images\progressbar.gif
  • %User Temp%\F470\images\loader.gif
  • %User Temp%\F470\temp\{Malware Name}.exe
  • %User Temp%\F470\temp\bg.ca
  • %User Temp%\F470\steps\6_1_2.ini.task
  • %User Temp%\F470\steps\6_1_4.ini.task
  • %User Temp%\F470\steps\7.ini.txt
  • %Desktop%\{Malware Name}.lnk

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %User Startup% is the current user's Startup folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows 2000 and XP, and C:\Documents and Settings\{User name}\Start Menu\Programs\Startup on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.. %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Desktop% is the desktop folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Desktop in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop in Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

It creates the following folders:

  • %User Temp%\F470
  • %User Temp%\F470\steps
  • %User Temp%\F470\temp
  • %User Temp%\F470\images

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other Details

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

  • {BLOCKED}rner.com
  • r1.{BLOCKED}mbersingle.in
  • c1.{BLOCKED}elics.info