PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 11,549 bytes
File Type: JS
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 01 Apr 2020

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.

Other System Modifications

This Potentially Unwanted Application adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings
ck_m = "2a94d5ecfd854f7a812438df4d48ff50"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings
2a94d5ecfd854f7a812438df4d48ff50 = "1575201568768"

This report is generated via an automated analysis system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850

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

Delete this registry value

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Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.

  • In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings
    • ck_m = "2a94d5ecfd854f7a812438df4d48ff50"
  • In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings
    • 2a94d5ecfd854f7a812438df4d48ff50 = "1575201568768"

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.JS.TwinFlower.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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