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

Tamaño del archivo 101,208 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 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

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.800
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.570.42
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 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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