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Offline polonus

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Checking a threat - malware or file-rep PUP-detection?
« on: January 21, 2019, 02:45:43 PM »
Seen: download.drp.su/17-online/DriverPack-17-Online_446523599.1546521913.exe
Checked twice, here: https://cymon.io/81.94.205.66  and  https://www.virustotal.com/#/url/325df2641ecf4b39ccf5b19c138ceb6469805fa0ea3529b093bdcbfff92fd160/detection
File detection indeed a PUP detection: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d82f09c5a4d13ae1e2329bfc2b42bc07f7e79a92c18b5e66419f1d25fd6b47b9/detection
Avast Mobile Security does not detect.  :-[
Avast detect as File Rep PUP -> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=124265.0
When genuine, it is a crack that has been with us from before 2013 (pol).

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« Last Edit: January 21, 2019, 02:49:36 PM by polonus »
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Re: Checking a threat - malware or file-rep PUP-detection?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2019, 02:50:41 PM »
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Avast Mobile Security does not detect.
Should it ... it is not a file for android


File Type   Win32 EXE
Magic   PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit



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Re: Checking a threat - malware or file-rep PUP-detection?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2019, 03:12:55 PM »
Hi Pol, Pondus is right, the VPS for Android and Windows differ.
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