Analysis by: Janus Agcaoili
 ALIASES:

Genieo (PUA) (Sophos), OSX/Adware.Genieo.AC (ESET-NOD32), Mac.Trojan.Genieo.19 (DrWeb)

 PLATFORM:

Mac OS X

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

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This adware 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. It may be manually installed by a user.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 42,456 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: Mach-O, Java
Residente na memória: No
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 09 May 2016

Arrival Details

This adware 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.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This adware requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.800
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 12.516.05
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 09 May 2016
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 12.517.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 10 May 2016

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as OSX_GENIEO.F. 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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