About “Adware.CandyOpen” infection

The Adware.CandyOpen is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

What Adware.CandyOpen virus can do?

• A file was accessed within the Public folder.
• Sample contains Overlay data
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• HTTPS urls from behavior.
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Attempts to modify browser security settings
• Creates a copy of itself
• Touches a file containing cookies, possibly for information gathering
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Adware.CandyOpen?

File Info:
name: 52D3E3C14FA2AA0320C7.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/4a4a1d6d407faf758355a8393713227aa0e39617f2376836125d66f260915ebacrc32: 36F6CE0Dmd5: 52d3e3c14fa2aa0320c7e3cf76b455c2sha1: ac698e6145e14e6ada3002fe06e5d610c1c8a026sha256: 4a4a1d6d407faf758355a8393713227aa0e39617f2376836125d66f260915ebasha512: 11a66b48727af2669a211ac3da43752e26c23870169faa0fd3449d1cec43b84cf87a3cbdef1dfd5fe12ecd0c13ddcbac39ef39ed8c81de71c1e2ff2adcf216b9ssdeep: 24576:1Uv18lc6PJkDSJ0mTI03pAcLA1UqS5Kjkx1LG9JRhPkaq/JnX:1U98lc6aDfm5/yUNfxIRh8aqpXtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1A76523D6C79D3E95D4CC12B205322B9E6865CC14F9791E331626383F98F22E26D52CAFsha3_384: e4b8654cb8603ba032f636e426d7ca0fb4340be47c4646c2fa431e96f3c89c46421ba2f8345e0aef24a7021d6fa9cea7ep_bytes: 60be00b066008dbe0060d9ff5789e58dtimestamp: 2014-09-17 18:00:35
Version Info:
CompanyName: BitTorrent Inc.FileDescription: µTorrentFileVersion: 3.4.2.34024InternalName: uTorrent.exeOriginalFilename: uTorrent.exeLegalCopyright: ©2014 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.ProductName: µTorrentProductVersion: 3.4.2.34024SpecialBuild: stable34 stableTranslation: 0x0409 0x04e4

Adware.CandyOpen also known as:

How to remove Adware.CandyOpen?

• Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
• Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
• “Move to quarantine” all items.
• Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
• Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
• Restart your computer.