About “PUA:Win32/Perion” infection

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

• Sample contains Overlay data
• Presents an Authenticode digital signature
• The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Binary file triggered YARA rule
• Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine PUA:Win32/Perion?

File Info:
name: 96CBA0C6F5667F2640CF.mlw
path: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/65c77ed14e04fc710459cbbfb055bc951c7d5bb2e2d6366bcceb55c3ed7b49d0
crc32: 2CAE31B3
md5: 96cba0c6f5667f2640cff87d380b752f
sha1: 65d5177a74d5adad5560d2d9b70588fba0050dc2
sha256: 65c77ed14e04fc710459cbbfb055bc951c7d5bb2e2d6366bcceb55c3ed7b49d0
sha512: 9ca2edef54f3060861b9b5cccd12ca2045eea97c72e35a7b68322fa19487437291f9aae44928b7e6c24264234a3f27d061caba60668fd70071a60a840d9156cd
ssdeep: 3072:e/kF5bxKR8rtL5g+EA7ag0kwiE+9VwqfyE6/AdpLZ:R5bxKR8rwZCag0900qZ
type: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
tlsh: T102548C00B2C1C036E77F03724979AB06493DBD654BB69ACBB7D88C5E1A741C16B36B63
sha3_384: e6038ea19f134085fd62a75d57d57de21b9e78eee2fbff4f610068c9443db140b2eb47b6a355eb3b134b0503d9a7c0ae
ep_bytes: 558bec837d0c017505e8a06a0000ff75
timestamp: 2015-01-07 09:58:19

Version Info:
FileVersion: 1.0.0.3
InternalName: 
OriginalFilename: 
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.3
Translation: 0x0409 0x04b0

PUA:Win32/Perion also known as:

How to remove PUA:Win32/Perion?

• 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.