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.

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: 7B362CAFmd5: 4e1d9c7e42283a9ad1703e9ffd326654name: utorrent_8_00_01_sweet211.ru.exesha1: e18a0f43c492161f08645bdcb76c2b2d6f2c5d16sha256: d37dfd4290c29d66f63a157be7ade4864162048f2cd1baec68e9c3b8490e1149sha512: d27ec051515ee4d657aac430a7d83578d6a0fe5f517ffdeeaa553d1cdcf1f69e929ae95b3067035eec418ed1e52bf8ef0c544280457706172819f86d6a50019assdeep: 24576:xTws1aCe2WKXXsMFE4MMe2oHSz2wFjBqDoOBGcEj4BH:yxwHLE4MMe2oy3BrO3EjUtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed
Version Info:
LegalCopyright: xa92013 BitTorrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.InternalName: uTorrent.exeFileVersion: 3.4.0.30242CompanyName: BitTorrent Inc.ProductName: xb5TorrentProductVersion: 3.4.0.30242FileDescription: xb5TorrentOriginalFilename: uTorrent.exeTranslation: 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.