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

Tamaño del archivo 42,456 bytes
Tipo de archivo Mach-O, Java
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 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

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.800
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 12.516.05
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 09 May 2016
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 12.517.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 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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