Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
ALIASES:

WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.ha (Kaspersky); a variant of Win64/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.C (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages. It may be manually installed by a user.

It requires being executed with a specific argument/parameter, an additional component, or in a specific environment in order to proceed with its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 17,480 bytes
Tipo de archivo DLL
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 04 Mar 2019

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application requires being executed with a specific argument/parameter, an additional component, or in a specific environment in order to proceed with its intended routine.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 2.153.00
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 28 Feb 2019

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 PUA.Win64.MyWebSearch.AE.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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