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PUA.Win32.Dexon.AE.component

July 29, 2022
 Analysis by: Mc Justine De Guzman
 ALIASES:

PUA.DexonAgent (NORTON)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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 dropped by other malware.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

15,360 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Jul 2022

Payload:

Others

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 dropped by the following malware:

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • It is used as a component of PUA_DEXON
  • It has the following capabilities:
    • Convert bitmap images to DIB
    • Change image's color depth
    • Compare 2 DIBs
    • Copies current screen window then saves it to bitmap or DIB
    • Destroy DIB
    • Do a Ctrl-Alt-Delete command
    • Get snapshot of current state
    • Saves DIB to a file
    • Update main DIB
    • Get cursor information
    • Send input

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

2.537.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

04 Aug 2022

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.Win32.Dexon.AE.component. 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:


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