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apssetup.exe

EffeTech

The application apssetup.exe, “Ace Password Sniffer” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.effetech.com.
Publisher:
EffeTech

Description:
Ace Password Sniffer

Version:
1.4

MD5:
d537fde171b3b3390840c31bbdf7600e

SHA-1:
36111c9b562e8ffdac28e244803755074afe3ba2

SHA-256:
50b26b23471417bf71d4ac29ee844a00132161eff0ece6a79266cf113dfd9faa

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 4:53:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140513

Dr.Web
Tool.PassSteel.759
9.0.1.0133

F-Prot
W32/MalwareF.KXBS
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.APS
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.APS
14.0.0.3873

Malwarebytes
PUP.AcePasswdSniffer
v2014.05.13.10

McAfee
Generic.dx!D537FDE171B3
5600.7132

Microsoft Security Essentials
HackTool:Win32/Pacenif.A
1.10502

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PassSteel.vqzbo
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.05.13.10

Quick Heal
Spyware.AcePasswdSnif (Not a Virus)
5.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1253A737!307472183
23.00.65.14511

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_VCATCHH
7.2.133

Trend Micro
ADW_VCATCHH
10.465.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28892

ViRobot
Spyware.APS.968960.A
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
946.3 KB (968,960 bytes)

Copyright:
2008 EffeTech

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/25/2001 3:47:11 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BHJduFt5vMjq2D1F9Mas0m0GBTuCgP8JuDV1XSOSorLyoCg/v:BJMK31z7s0YMCFJCV2oCgH

Entry address:
0x21AF

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 5E, 6A, 04, 89, 75, E8, FF, 15, 54, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 40, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, F4, 8A, 07, 3C, 22, 0F, 85, CC, 00, 00, 00, 8A, 47, 01, 47, 89, 7D, F4, 33, DB, 3A, C3, 74, 0D, 3C, 22, 74, 09, 8A, 47, 01, 47, 89, 7D, F4, EB, EF, 80, 3F, 22, 75, 04, 47, 89, 7D, F4, 80, 3F, 20, 75, 09, 47, 80, 3F, 20, 74, FA, 89, 7D, F4, 53, FF, 15, 6C, 40, 40, 00, 80, 3F, 2F, 89, 45, F8, 75, 64, 8A, 47, 01, 3C, 53, 74, 04, 3C, 73, 75, 06, 89, 35, 58, 53, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9963

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
8.5 KB (8,704 bytes)

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

http://www.effetech.com/.../ApsSetup.exe

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