ThreatExpert Report: Adware.Clkpotato!gen3, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e, Adware-HotBar.d..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 22 October 2012, 13:46:43
Processing time: 8 min 57 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x37AE20DC649B95F65CAC7848B56C3CEF
File SHA-1: 0x3C58033904A3CBD9B98B61F7A431A270E40B367D
Filesize: 335,536 bytes
Alias:

Adware.Clkpotato!gen3 [Symantec]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e [Kaspersky Lab]
Adware-HotBar.d [McAfee]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver [Ikarus]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Contains characteristics of an identified security risk.

Technical Details:

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Possible Security Risk

Attention! The following threat category was identified:

Threat Category	Description
	A potentially unwanted adware program designed to deliver various advertisements to the users' systems

File System Modifications

The following file was created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	335,536 bytes	MD5: 0x37AE20DC649B95F65CAC7848B56C3CEF SHA-1: 0x3C58033904A3CBD9B98B61F7A431A270E40B367D	Adware.Clkpotato!gen3 [Symantec] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver.e [Kaspersky Lab] Adware-HotBar.d [McAfee] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ScreenSaver [Ikarus]

Memory Modifications

There was a new process created in the system:

Process Name	Process Filename	Main Module Size
[filename of the sample #1]	[file and pathname of the sample #1]	770,048 bytes

Other details

Analysis of the file resources indicate the following possible country of origin:

Canada

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