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aceftp3pro.exe

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application aceftp3pro.exe by Visicom Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.tucows.com.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0fef6375d34b84b903d8a06abadd72ff

SHA-1:
fbb8787dd30d5b44882c70ff2fd4d8d1b4a2dcd2

SHA-256:
b77136e0152f0bb533370d2ca3fbcb0a3ccfa6c92f8ade54285364fb5527ce09

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 4:46:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom (M)
17.2.11.1

File size:
2.3 MB (2,462,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\aceftp3pro.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visicom Media Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
5/12/2004 6:45:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2005 9:44:48 AM

Subject:
L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA, OU=Secure Application Development, O=Visicom Media Inc., CN=Visicom Media Inc.

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3E2E5E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2004 10:17:55 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3C4B

Entry point:
83, EC, 20, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 28, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 68, 80, 92, 40, 00, 68, 40, 3B, 42, 00, A3, F0, 43, 42, 00, E8, 8F, 2A, 00, 00, BE, 00, B4, 42, 00, BF, 00, 04, 00, 00, 56, 57, FF, 15, C8, 70, 40, 00, E8, 7A, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 2D, 8C, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 21, 68, FB, 03, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, C4, 70, 40, 00, 68, 78, 92, 40, 00, 56, FF, D5, E8, 57, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 84, 47, 01, 00, 00, BE, 00, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9975  (probably packed)

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file aceftp3pro.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.tucows.com/download/windows/.../aceftp3pro.exe

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