What is “Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA)”?

The Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA) 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 Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA) virus can do?

• Creates an indicator observed in Territorial Disputes report SIG40
• Unconventionial language used in binary resources: Russian
• 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
• Creates an autorun.inf file
• Authenticode signature is invalid
• Emumerates physical drives
• Accessed credential storage registry keys
• Attempts to interact with an Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
• Yara rule detections observed from a process memory dump/dropped files/CAPE

How to determine Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA)?

File Info:
name: 0A4E29E187CDD9B47FC5.mlwpath: /opt/CAPEv2/storage/binaries/2579bdb8b9c0fc973da61b163d136ef9c3d7e8b2b4901975b109792576759d66crc32: FAA9A9BCmd5: 0a4e29e187cdd9b47fc55bd163c8e06asha1: 3fd7fdc12af5bba7f9a84b1c3b31f86ad7ddffe8sha256: 2579bdb8b9c0fc973da61b163d136ef9c3d7e8b2b4901975b109792576759d66sha512: ea6ce693bccfa60f873533a5f23cf848e180e537feb7d4a200df847b6bf81a8ff722bebb6a7f831f6b6662c7ef4ecf2947fa7c943daec761a4b994717e826d17ssdeep: 12288:UtduOOJ7rfUjuz8HVF/qsrfHPXx8gz9mlmNGyoSq:cdu5JnfUjf/L5mQNGTtype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windowstlsh: T14A842375DFB8DA1CC34C60749837165DF648C74DE88C0B8B9606AC3FBE457265E8E1A2sha3_384: 0326d99ee10038cc6719c9868ed0e88265cfe44d154ded06202f408d9c36b546acd4646e0c6a99d31e28098948c25a21ep_bytes: 60be00505b008dbe00c0e4ff5789e58dtimestamp: 2015-06-19 10:14:53
Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA) also known as:

How to remove Universal Virus Sniffer (PUA)?

• 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.