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atubecatcher.exe

aTube Catcher

DsNET Corp.

The application atubecatcher.exe by DsNET has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from get.atube.me and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DsNET Corp  (signed by DsNET Corp.)

Product:
aTube Catcher

Version:
2.9.1497

MD5:
fa70f7471383c90d936e5613365e7350

SHA-1:
2f28f8e26aff0ae1b9cccd7af011c54d5c47f7de

SHA-256:
227c9f9af00a54548b547a6d0d1bd70288fc0486ee5b65599a2449c460239fe0

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:14:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.8697

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundledToolBar.A
v2014.02.04.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DsNET.aTube.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.9.12

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0802
7.2.35

File size:
11.3 MB (11,800,752 bytes)

Product version:
2.9.1497

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DsNET Corp.

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/8/2011 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/7/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DsNET Corp., O=DsNET Corp., STREET=Plan de Ayala M3 L30, STREET=Mexico Revolucionario, L=Ecatepec, S=Mexico, PostalCode=55266, C=MX

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
009934C0F374A7790598E44428C2B46363

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:1VCpjfxoScSiA00NV/5eBSn4Ogc+1sNerkIgwGi5RgDyireqXMwklo:mjqSL0GV/MJcestZwzGiQMu

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file atubecatcher.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://get.atube.me/aTube_Catcher.exe

temp:64-aTubeCatcher.exe

http://get.atube.me/aTubeCatcher.exe

http://files.dsnetwb.com/aTube_Catcher.exe

http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/links.php?id=brothersoft

http://files.dsnetwb.com/aTubeCatcher.exe

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