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acehtmlfreeware.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 acehtmlfreeware.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from gsf-cf.softonic.com.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d90587380d78d0f16bd4e4379060981

SHA-1:
2e037468958a67423004a12016dec20be1c1aaab

SHA-256:
743dc1090d55af870752f7272e57e6416f00cc3e8c1813c07efa9280491a1472

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:
4/20/2024 1:41:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom.VisicomMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.5.15

File size:
5.2 MB (5,472,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visicom Media Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
5/31/2006 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/22/2007 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

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

Serial number:
46009F112341EB9E47AD9A71D868DC95

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/6/2006 9:09:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:rVAlz/k52PEeVPRuEme/Xb8Iv+sdKdXFK3myaEzwmaLzzZkeRH9kZ:r6B/k52PEkJ4aXbaNjvy1wHz9k29kZ

Entry address:
0x3137

Entry point:
81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, F6, 57, 89, 74, 24, 18, BD, 40, 92, 40, 00, C6, 44, 24, 10, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 56, FF, 15, 70, 72, 40, 00, A3, F0, 47, 42, 00, 56, 8D, 44, 24, 30, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 56, 68, 00, FD, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 92, 40, 00, 68, 40, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 23, 28, 00, 00, BB, 00, B4, 42, 00, 53, 68, 00, 04, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, E8, 64, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 24, 68, FB, 03, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 68, 28, 92, 40, 00, 53, E8, 0E...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/2e0/374/.../file?SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=51605&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&Expires=1439195906&Signature=I706yGq~nfdcl2Ch8LAo2iuuSjbSY7i5wfBBzXdqi2ftU7Jx4xmes~FnLecFBtuDjw9Z9Q26SddWtiVz2xMI12EGA9aGyQvZufu2gIq2eCXFqeEeXLBzoM9o5E8w5UF6jQb4P8MNmD6g9bLto97Xo5lNy91vqHhO-hN67R5wphI_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&filename=acehtmlfreeware.exe

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