2nd chapter of acts - rise up and take a bow.exe

Sergey Petrov

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application 2nd chapter of acts - rise up and take a bow.exe, “Installer for AppReady Software” by Sergey Petrov has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
AppReady Software  (signed by Sergey Petrov)

Product:
AppReady Software

Description:
Installer for AppReady Software

Version:
2014.5.4.1639

MD5:
d9556636549d86ce61b88a9e87df50af

SHA-1:
0f566a4620e3d0f13c499f53b2a9a088afacecf6

SHA-256:
76ce0c304125b83a7617176e9ab69f5ddc73cc861cabe789499075510066bd64

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 3:33:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.AntiFW
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.TSULoader
2014.08.27

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallRex.yhad
7.11.169.88

avast!
Win32:InstalleRex-BI [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3370

Bkav FE
W32.FamVT.AntiFWK.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-728639
0.98/19310

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstalleRex.KG
19322

Dr.Web
Trojan.WebPick.29
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex.M potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallRex.B
4.6.5.141

G Data
Win32.Application.EZDownloader
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.InstallRex
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.AntiFW
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppReady
v2014.08.26.04

McAfee
PUP-FHQ
5600.7026

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InfoLeak.cvgqot
0.28.2.61861

nProtect
Trojan/W32.AntiFW.335760
14.08.26.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
14.08.26.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.AntiFW.A5
8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer.m
14.8.26.16

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.TSU
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4753027
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.AntiFW.Win32.227
2.0.0.1901

File size:
327.9 KB (335,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 AppReady Software

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\2nd chapter of acts - rise up and take a bow.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/20/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/21/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sergey Petrov, O=Sergey Petrov, STREET=Gaydara 13, L=Kyev, S=Kyev, PostalCode=01033, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0AD084E865D27CD546D21DB6EDF89D48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 5:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:BrmbUzkuvcBYC47l2xmhRvqW6/FC5vQyQuPBoKa7rrnTezFq3Whzp:BrvkuveY3TRvqh9AnvBoKa7r7TezSUp

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file 2nd chapter of acts - rise up and take a bow.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)