AndroidOS_Fictus.AXB

September 23, 2016
 Analysis by: Ecular Xu
 PLATFORM:

Android

 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 displays pop-up advertisements. It sets the number of pop-up advertisements it displays per day.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

8534504 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Adware Routine

This adware displays pop-up advertisements.

It sets the number of pop-up advertisements it displays per day.

NOTES:

The app pretends to be Angry Birds and leads users to downloading and installing other applications.

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Once user launch this app, a dialog pops and tells user to fill a survey.

After submitting this survey, a series of advertisements are shown as it loads for 45 seconds.

The next screen is also contains many advertisements.

The next page lists many applications for Android recommends user to download and try them.

The final page tells user if want to play this game, you must download one of the below application and rate it by 5 stars. After the process, users will not be able to play the said game.

During the entire process, users can only exit the app by tapping the ‘Home’ button.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

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