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Characteristics

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Summary:

This is not a Virus or Trojan. It is a direct adware marketing application. Upon execution it adds the following dlls as Browser Helper Objects for the Internet Explorer.

• nsc10.dll (Detected as Adware-BitLocker)
• nodeipproc.dll (Detected as Adware-IconAds)
• irsmkhif.dll (Detected as Adware-SafeSurf.dll)

Browser Helper Objects are executable files that are loaded when the browser is launched. They can perform various tasks, such as generating extra pop-up ads, monitoring page navigation, etc.

While browsing Internet, it connects to “new.[Removed].com”, “ico[Removed].biz” and
“www.pop[Removed].com” without user’s knowledge and pops up advertisements as shown below:

It gives the following error while browsing the internet

Privacy:

No license agreement is displayed during installation, although one could be displayed by another installer if bundled with another application. No Privacy policy related to the software could be found.

Installation:

File name="9336c4d6.exe" (name may vary)
MD5Hash="f7653f9c13a7675c8d91d3b912c6f424"

Following files are added:

• aupd.exe
• adsetup_silent.1.53[1].exe
• icon_justin.exe
• tdopmuq.exe
• ts_justin.exe
• UnIrimon.exe
• ExtractDLL.dll
• irsmhpic.dll
• nsa1b.dll
• nsc10.dll
• nodeipproc.dll
• irsmkhif.dll

Following registry keys are added:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {23FB5ADD-DA37-4a40-9FC0-B0E2384CDE92}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {70F6A776-579A-4C95-BA88-134253907752}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {D117A61F-92C3-4450-A0C8-F425B14D4127}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
  {ED5D884B-1A35-482e-BEA1-DD52F75B6138}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {03022430-ABC4-11D0-BDE2-00AA001A1953}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {2DA07FEE-0FFD-4A5B-AA82-A94500AB7BC}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {407FC66D-6224-4AEB-AA79-8AECB1C4D4A1}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {A1465EAA-5F48-477D-B263-3B472989FFC4}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
  {F50A45EC-DF75-47D1-B879-3A983043AEFB}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {230290D9-946F-4276-9A91-CE2A2F376B9E}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {72EC96E8-30EB-4DA8-9446-B4366BF00249}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {C845AC9A-70A6-491C-9106-D34A360E1F58}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
  {DEFDEADA-C390-4EB9-97FA-59D56B21E5D5}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
  {23FB5ADD-DA37-4a40-9FC0-B0E2384CDE92}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{70F6A776-579A-4C95-BA88-134253907752}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
  {D117A61F-92C3-4450-A0C8-F425B14D4127}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2b896072-f6e3-4ff7-ade6-43d5bec6557c}

Removal

Aliases

Aliases

• Adware.Win32.SideFind.a (Kaspersky)