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Packed:W32/PeCan.A

Category:Malware
Type:Packed
Platform:W32

Summary

This program is packed using a packer program associated with numerous other malware.

Disinfection

Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.

For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.

Additional Details

This program has been packed by the PeCancer packer program (hence the name of the detection).

Samples identified by the same detection perform one or more of the following activities:

  • Drop suspicious files or a copy of itself onto the system.
  • Set launch points to itself, or to the files it drops.
  • Some samples attempt to connect to and download from suspicious/malicious websites, for example:
    • hxxp://downxml.[..].cn/iepop/list/[..]
    • hxxp://downxml.[..].cn/iepop/update/[..]
    • hxxp://soft.jajaca.com/[..]
    • hxxp://news.huigezi.net/[..]