About “PUA:Win32/News” infection

The PUA:Win32/News 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/News virus can do?

• Executable code extraction
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• Creates RWX memory
• Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
• Reads data out of its own binary image
• Drops a binary and executes it
• Unconventionial binary language: Chinese (Simplified)
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Chinese (Simplified)
• Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
• Creates or sets a registry key to a long series of bytes, possibly to store a binary or malware config
• Attempts to modify proxy settings
• Anomalous binary characteristics
• Uses suspicious command line tools or Windows utilities

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How to determine PUA:Win32/News?

File Info:
crc32: 2757346E
md5: b4096e02af19905367013b3fe1983049
name: teis_wor.exe
sha1: 98053b800630631b19f903abf661b5a6f9e4494c
sha256: fc34f4f3146be7794a6cadb5136ce291c6a11f5c2d164d89cacf1daeb7ba8fa4
sha512: ca7d719459fb688376a7fdcd9cdbb2891f4323e6823a97a2a5904af329182bc3770ceae2ffe6d504aca660920cd1135dbb93bda343b3d44b320868f9e6801ba3
ssdeep: 24576:FLGG+7ijDi/5cAU/zfl2qmdcs694pMdq8IfQLSjmYgk3Fvp8BTzUPfFfP:FLdDPUcASlIZ6iM/LlYgWuAfN
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
LegalCopyright: x4e0ax6d77x4e09x4e03x73a9x7f51x7edcx79d1x6280x6709x9650x516cx53f8
ProductName: x88c5x5907x6362x53d6RMB
FileDescription: x88c5x5907x6362x53d6RMB install
FileVersion: 3.0.0.0
CompanyName: x4e0ax6d77x4e09x4e03x73a9x7f51x7edcx79d1x6280x6709x9650x516cx53f8
Translation: 0x0804 0x03a8

PUA:Win32/News also known as:

How to remove PUA:Win32/News?

• 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.