"We suspect that the reason why DealPly is leveraging reputation services is to check which of its variants and download sites are compromised and won't be effective for future infections," the researchers say.ĭealPly will collect data and query these services through multiple servers and proxies such as the Tor network. This, naturally, is a problem for malware developers, as their work will only have a small window before samples are blacklisted. See also: New Mirai botnet lurks in the Tor network to stay under the radar
If a malicious domain, for example, is detected and blacklisted, these solutions will be able to warn users and potentially prevent the deployment of malware payloads. The services, Microsoft SmartScreen and McAfee WebAdvisor, are free systems which are used to verify the risk of files and URLs. The newest DealPly variant on the scene also abuses both Microsoft and McAfee reputation services to further circumvent detection. The malware is modular in nature and includes machine fingerprinting, as well as virtual machine (VM) detection techniques. DealPly also adds itself to the Windows Task Scheduler to run every hour.Įvery time the task launches, the adware will contact its command-and-control (C2) server and send an encrypted request over HTTP for instructions.
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When executed, the adware will also quietly install itself into the Windows %AppData% directory. The sample obtained by enSilo, for example, was bundled with photo cropping software.
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