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PUA.Win32.CDKeySeizer.A

December 25, 2024
 Analysis by: Arvin Roi Macaraeg
 Modified by: Neljorn Nathaniel Aguas
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

797,696 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

15 Feb 2024

Payload:

Collects system information, Displays windows

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Propagation

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Potentially Unwanted Application does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • It retrieves the following information from the system:
    • Installed OS
    • OS Product Key
  • It displays the following GUI showing the complete product key of the installed OS:
  • It uses the following version of CD Key Seizer:
    • CD Key Seizer 2.02

NOTES:

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

2.207.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

22 Aug 2019

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 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.Win32.CDKeySeizer.A. 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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