Analysis by: Adrian Cofreros
 Modified by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 ALIASES:

not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.SystemTweaker.ae (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Adware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 101,208 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: EXE
Residente na memória: No
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 22 Jun 2016

Arrival Details

This Adware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

Other System Modifications

This Adware deletes the following files:

  • %Windows%\Tasks\RegClean Pro.job
  • %Windows%\Tasks\RegClean Pro_DEFAULT.job
  • %Windows%\Tasks\RegClean Pro_Updates.job
  • %Windows%\Tasks\RegClean Prosch.job

(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)

Other Details

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

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.800
SSAPI Pattern File: 1.570.42
SSAPI Pattern Release Date: 02 Dec 2014

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

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