Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo
ALIASES:

AdWare.Win32.DealPly.a (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 be dropped by other malware. It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages. It may be manually installed by a user.

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 1,649,664 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 25 Feb 2016

Arrival Details

This adware may be dropped by other malware.

It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

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
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.713.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 08 Mar 2016

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_PRICEMETER.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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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