About “PUA:Win32/CandyOpen” infection

The PUA:Win32/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.

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What PUA:Win32/CandyOpen virus can do?

• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Starts servers listening on 0.0.0.0:53098, :0, 127.0.0.1:10000
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Drops a binary and executes it
• The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
• The executable is compressed using UPX
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Steals private information from local Internet browsers
• Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
• 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

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How to determine PUA:Win32/CandyOpen?

File Info:
crc32: 7B362CAF
md5: 4e1d9c7e42283a9ad1703e9ffd326654
name: utorrent_8_00_01_sweet211.ru.exe
sha1: e18a0f43c492161f08645bdcb76c2b2d6f2c5d16
sha256: d37dfd4290c29d66f63a157be7ade4864162048f2cd1baec68e9c3b8490e1149
sha512: d27ec051515ee4d657aac430a7d83578d6a0fe5f517ffdeeaa553d1cdcf1f69e929ae95b3067035eec418ed1e52bf8ef0c544280457706172819f86d6a50019a
ssdeep: 24576:xTws1aCe2WKXXsMFE4MMe2oHSz2wFjBqDoOBGcEj4BH:yxwHLE4MMe2oy3BrO3EjU
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: xa92013 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
InternalName: uTorrent.exe
FileVersion: 3.4.0.30242
CompanyName: BitTorrent Inc.
ProductName: xb5Torrent
ProductVersion: 3.4.0.30242
FileDescription: xb5Torrent
OriginalFilename: uTorrent.exe
Translation: 0x0409 0x04e4

PUA:Win32/CandyOpen also known as:

How to remove PUA:Win32/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.