Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
ALIASES:

Adware.SearchProtect.U (BitDefender); AdWare.Win32.SearchProtect.vxs (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 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

Tamaño del archivo 4,877,632 bytes
Tipo de archivo DLL
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 25 Feb 2018

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

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.923.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 01 Mar 2018

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_SEARCHPROT.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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