ThreatExpert Report: Adware.WhenU_SaveNow, Adware.Savenow, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow.bc..

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Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 13 December 2009, 15:07:41
Processing time: 6 min 3 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0x7187984E68068997476596837101C1FE
File SHA-1: 0x43D90F45A14525C06572415F1FCA9C0E3E317BEE
Filesize: 246,848 bytes
Alias:

Adware.WhenU_SaveNow [PCTools]
Adware.Savenow [Symantec]
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow.bc [Kaspersky Lab]
Adware-SaveNow [McAfee]
Adware:Win32/WhenU.A [Microsoft]

Summary of the findings:

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

Technical Details:

Possible Security Risk

Attention! Characteristics of the following security risk was identified in the system:

Security Risk	Description
Adware.WhenU_SaveNow	SaveNow shows targeted pop-up advertisements and coupons based on user's Internet surfing habits. It is usually distributed with other third party software such as BearShare.

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]	246,848 bytes	MD5: 0x7187984E68068997476596837101C1FE SHA-1: 0x43D90F45A14525C06572415F1FCA9C0E3E317BEE	Adware.WhenU_SaveNow [PCTools] Adware.Savenow [Symantec] not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaveNow.bc [Kaspersky Lab] Adware-SaveNow [McAfee] Adware:Win32/WhenU.A [Microsoft]

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Key was created:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WUSN.1

The newly created Registry Value is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WUSN.1]

WUSN_Id = 12 4E 16 57 CD DE FB 4C A3 2B DA 4F 6D 9D 25 71

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