TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A

Posted: January 5, 2016

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Threat Level:	9/10
Infected PCs:	49

First Seen:	January 5, 2016
Last Seen:	March 4, 2020
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A is a threat that downloads other threats onto your computer. Although Trojan droppers don't have to display any symptoms during their attacks, TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A has associations with pop-ups and other symptoms that malware experts often see from adware. TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A attacks are attempts to compromise your PC, and deleting TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A and threats related to it always should be delegated to your anti-malware products.

What may Drop Through Your Browser When You're not Looking

The art of compromising a computer almost always requires intermediary software serving as the delivery vehicle for the real threat. However, the symptoms of such attacks may not be more significant than the pop-up advertisements that often may trouble many Web-surfers as malware researchers see in TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A attacks. Although TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A has earned its identification since August of last year, recent threat campaigns continue making use of this Trojan dropper in 2016.

The latest of TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A attacks tie themselves to GUPlayer, an adware program that may deliver advertising content through pop-ups and similar browser symptoms. GUPlayer may be packaged in installation files that include worms and other threats. Since GUPlayer loads its advertisements automatically through your default browser, Web surfers have limited means of blocking attempts at launching TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A, which executes through the advertisements. If not blocked by a security product, TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A may install other threats with more significant functions than itself, such as bank account-compromising spyware, file encryptors or backdoor Trojans.

Although malware researchers found evidence of this recent TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A campaign targeting Windows platforms, it's unknown whether other OSes are at risk. GUPlayer and related installation files sometimes may be promoted on other free software websites but are most likely being installed by bundle utilities circulating themselves through unsafe download sources.

Dropping out of TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A's Planned Payload

Malware researchers still are investigating whether GUPlayer is delivering pop-ups with TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A intentionally or as a side effect of not monitoring its advertising affiliates. Regardless of the motivations of the respective actors, TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A is just as threatening to an exposed PC as all other threats delivery methods, such as seeded e-mail spam or browser script exploits. It is also crucial to note that TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A may not display visible elements during its attack, particularly if any already-present security software fails to block TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A.

PC users protecting their systems with suitable anti-malware defenses should be able to detect TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A's activities and block it before TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A can install any other threats. After such an attack, you always should reboot your computer in Safe Mode (with the method dependent on your OS version) to stop all non-essential programs. Anti-malware products then can scan your PC and eliminate all threats, including TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A and GUPlayer. You also may wish to clear your Web browser's cache whenever you're cleaning up after an encounter with any browser-based threats, including corrupted pop-ups.

TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A

Threat Metric

What may Drop Through Your Browser When You're not Looking

Dropping out of TrojanDropper:Win32/Sventore.A's Planned Payload

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