Categories: PUA

About “PUP.Optional.Giga” infection

The PUP.Optional.Giga 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 PUP.Optional.Giga virus can do?

Sample contains Overlay data
Presents an Authenticode digital signature
Reads data out of its own binary image
The binary contains an unknown PE section name indicative of packing
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
The executable is compressed using UPX
Authenticode signature is invalid
Anomalous binary characteristics
Yara detections observed in process dumps, payloads or dropped files

How to determine PUP.Optional.Giga?


File Info:
name: 9B714AB3BEA0EF55A1FA.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/3e1496ca22650846b7d85dcc206039ebc6ed6c3a9e900d16fa3632a7a6b5c7c6crc32: ACD2A28Bmd5: 9b714ab3bea0ef55a1facaaec98160bcsha1: 6b03d670c5876dd9be50eb66a679ad263e403f95sha256: 3e1496ca22650846b7d85dcc206039ebc6ed6c3a9e900d16fa3632a7a6b5c7c6sha512: cae9185a87b18f15d89f7a134b41c35b3ed41acef45f5a48e33d93a136a570aa02a302c0b205fa92cbf94756619c3e524a910d77419a53a397d8bd748a1664d6ssdeep: 24576:duRgvzIWYgZUW76rc2aXJPT7/ZVX240AmRT+D2yxqEZo7R:tYJ9AJH/ZVX24s+9wdtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T1D92523C2FA7210FBEA5EC8355DA9FB249651EC38EDC92005E3757942E777B32201891Esha3_384: b1999f1f6f898ea77a0fae3966576f3f8a4a6d503c8c6321746954ebae43349a4a59c488cef0a7f8ae740eb9a90e84cdep_bytes: 60be159056008dbeeb7fe9ff5783cdfftimestamp: 2012-11-01 18:55:14
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

PUP.Optional.Giga also known as:

tehtris	Generic.Malware
FireEye	Generic.mg.9b714ab3bea0ef55
Zillya	Adware.InstallCoreGen.Win32.1
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004efc8d1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 004efc8d1 )
Elastic	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/WinloadSDA.J potentially unwanted
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.Giga/Variant
Tencent	Malware.Win32.Gencirc.13b7c17c
Sophos	Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
Emsisoft	Application.WinLoad (A)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Suspicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare.WinloadSDA.a
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Giga
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
VBA32	Adware.WinloadSDA
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.Giga
Rising	PUF.WinloadSDA!8.58F (TFE:5:Naoed2QlCNP)
Yandex	Trojan.GenAsa!Ns2V8uyuw7Q
Ikarus	PUA.WinloadSDA
MaxSecure	Adware.W32.Generic_234304
CrowdStrike	win/grayware_confidence_100% (D)