Categories: PUA

What is “PUA.Insitegrou.Gen”?

The PUA.Insitegrou.Gen 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.

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What PUA.Insitegrou.Gen virus can do?

  • Presents an Authenticode digital signature
  • Detected script timer window indicative of sleep style evasion
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Attempts to connect to a dead IP:Port (10 unique times)
  • Reads data out of its own binary image
  • A process created a hidden window
  • Drops a binary and executes it
  • HTTP traffic contains suspicious features which may be indicative of malware related traffic
  • Performs some HTTP requests
  • A scripting utility was executed
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Steals private information from local Internet browsers
  • Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
  • Collects information to fingerprint the system

Related domains:

installpack.net
www.google-analytics.com
stats.g.doubleclick.net
img.installpack.net
apps.identrust.com
isrg.trustid.ocsp.identrust.com
ocsp.pki.goog
crl.pki.goog

How to determine PUA.Insitegrou.Gen?


File Info:

crc32: 43F2CB09md5: a3fe09a0346d8772c9cba02c1a64ef15name: client.exesha1: c403b96f1909e84bd30c32818bcb74b5107865c5sha256: 259be1d6d0e472073e078c4a294ed47dc1f5fb47f55f8b893e2d75d5c6a6a7b6sha512: f793acb670f3751c0b2ed00693103660bc7f29a2785c159fee25cd5dcfab405a6cc0f3531b9209648bac71eb1040074e232125d075fafeb010ae996a5fae4126ssdeep: 49152:BdW6CS8SpEgIvbW8eLIl/aY95VZQDIx2Mh4NHLVMegO696:BdyS80EgS68FhaY/VuIFgr6egttype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright xa9 2005-2016 Oleg N. ScherbakovInternalName: 7ZSfxModFileVersion: 1.7.0.3900CompanyName: Oleg N. ScherbakovPrivateBuild: April 1, 2016ProductName: 7-Zip SFXProductVersion: 1.7.0.3900FileDescription: 7z Setup SFX (x86)OriginalFilename: 7ZSfxMod_x86.exeTranslation: 0x0000 0x04b0

PUA.Insitegrou.Gen also known as:

MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.32537027
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Insitegrou.Gen
McAfee Artemis!A3FE09A0346D
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.32537027
Cylance Unsafe
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Sangfor Malware
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 0051fed31 )
K7GW Adware ( 0051fed31 )
Cybereason malicious.0346d8
TrendMicro PUA.Win32.InstallPack.A
F-Prot W32/Installpack.A
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/InstallPack.C potentially unwanted
TrendMicro-HouseCall PUA.Win32.InstallPack.A
GData Win32.Adware.Softobase.B
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.InstallPack.gen
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.32537027
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.InstallPack.fofhrd
ViRobot Adware.Installpack.1866904.A
APEX Malicious
Rising Trojan.Generic@ML.100 (RDMK:Z2AqTBw9LlpxDn1SBcU2MQ)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
Emsisoft Application.SoftInstall (A)
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#1xf6ra83hsi48
F-Secure PotentialRisk.PUA/Softobase.ME
DrWeb Adware.Softobase.15
Invincea heuristic
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
FireEye Trojan.GenericKD.32537027
Sophos InstallCore (PUA)
Cyren W32/Installpack.NMYX-2817
Jiangmin HackTool.Agent.dhf
Webroot Pua.Opencandy
Avira PUA/Softobase.ME.1
MAX malware (ai score=99)
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1F079C3
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Softobase.C2756334
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.InstallPack.gen
Microsoft PUA:Win32/LoadMoney
VBA32 BScope.Adware.Softobase
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.32537027
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Softomate
Panda PUP/RnkBend
Yandex PUA.Downloader!
Ikarus PUA.Bundler
Fortinet Riskware/InstallPack

How to remove PUA.Insitegrou.Gen?

  • 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.
Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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