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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 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-1.visicommedia.com.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
86248bf34c61bc60051d3c51e55d64e0

SHA-1:
ff163716e01e71ea22d4cf7d6990a97c0affbf01

SHA-256:
ace0dba6ce15065b1c35c3493161edf11ba9c3dd9edd0127d9fa5a7cde6a729f

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The setup program may install a variant of the Visicom Toolbar, a web browser extension that may modify the browser's home and search pages.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 2:30:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Visicom (variant)
7.9190

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MyStartTB.A
v2013.12.23.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VisicomMedia.P
14.8.7.19

File size:
6.8 MB (7,167,088 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:
6/23/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2012 5:59:59 PM

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:
73C74D9445094BFD79759F7B9CAFD730

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/21/2009 12:46:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:FnPWd1Cqcfv3v63BL5i9ph0KA5EARiEZlW3B+k:UiN3GB52S9/oB+k

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, ED, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9996

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://download-1.visicommedia.com/softwares/en/.../acehtmlfreeware.exe

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