Adware-Fenomen!1c8659f2ae9e

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Adware-Fenomen!1c8659f2ae9e

Type: Program
SubType: Adware
Discovery Date: 05/19/2009
Length: 196318
Minimum DAT: 5620 (05/19/2009)
Updated DAT: 5620 (05/19/2009)
Minimum Engine: 5300.2777
Description Added: 05/19/2009
Description Modified: 05/19/2009 5:05 PM (PT)

Risk Assessment

Corporate User: Low
Home User: Low

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Characteristics

This software is not a virus or a Trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program" (PUP). PUPs are any piece of software that a reasonably security- or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of and, in some cases, remove. PUPs are often made by a legitimate corporate entity for some beneficial purpose, but they alter the security state of the computer on which they are installed, or the privacy posture of the user of the system, such that most users will want to be aware of them.

File Property	Property Value
FileName	Unavailable
McAfee Artemis	Artemis!1c8659f2ae9e
McAfee Detection	Adware-Fenomen
Length	196,318 bytes
CRC	9C2F34ED
MD5	1C8659F2AE9EB18801C9466FBAF74C5B
SHA1	E8D4C21FAC35C629630EFB5A0240713A34335972

Other Common Detection Aliases

Company Name	Detection Name
Avira	GAME/Dldr.Fenomen.Gen
clamav	Adware.Downloader-92
FortiNet	Misc/Fenomen
F-Prot	W32/Fenomen.B.gen!Eldorado
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.FenomenGame.pxg
Sophos	Fenomen Game Downloader (PUA)
Vet (Computer Associates)	Win32/SillyDl.HFN

Avert® Labs has observed the following system activities:

Activity	Risk Level
Enumerates open windows	Medium
Uses shared memory of other processes	Low
Performs a shell execute of downloaded or existing files	Informational

System Changes

These are general defaults for typical path variables. (Although they may differ, these examples are common.):
%WinDir% = \WINDOWS (Windows 9x/ME/XP/Vista), \WINNT (Windows NT/2000)
%SystemDir% = \WINDOWS\SYSTEM (Windows 98/ME), \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 (Windows XP/Vista), \WINNT\SYSTEM32 (Windows NT/2000)
%ProgramFiles% = \Program Files

The following files were analyzed:

%USERPROFILE%\local settings\temp\1c8659f2ae9eb18801c9466fbaf74c5b.exe

The following files have been added to the system:

%USERPROFILE%\desktop\fenomen games.lnk

The following registry elements have been created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\fenomen games\game downloader\1.1\completed\718\

1382060215 = dreamchronicles.exe

The following registry elements have been changed:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\sessioninformation\

programcount = 2
programcount = 3

The application created the following network connection(s):

http

hxxp://[Domain removed]/************************************
hxxp://[Domain removed]/downloader/***********************

Symptoms

This symptoms of this detection are the files, registry, and network communication referenced in the characteristics section.

Method of Infection

This is not a virus or Trojan. PUPs do not "infect" systems. They may be installed by a user individually or possibly as a part of a software package (in a bundle, for example).

Removal

AVERT recommends to always use latest DATs and engine. This threat will be cleaned if you have this combination.

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

McAfee® Avert® Labs recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or to using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/DATReadme.aspx for a list of program detections added to the DATs.

See http://vil.nai.com/vil/pups/configuration.aspx for information about how to enable, disable, and exclude the detection of legitimately installed programs.