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backgroundsingleton.exe

Fedorov Paul

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application backgroundsingleton.exe by Fedorov Paul has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Fedorov Paul  (signed and verified)

MD5:
133034c8d7d38b91a78eda06c1f8a263

SHA-1:
9342a2f6552e4b1b9aaeafe8335a58b4aa84dd1e

SHA-256:
3b32a137a4069e967567ff0d61f5f1fdd2a35865fe0ff38b1017f72ea4e53e30

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 11:13:06 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovPaul (M)
16.2.7.2

File size:
638.6 KB (653,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\advplugin\backgroundsingleton.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fedorov Paul

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/17/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fedorov Paul, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Saint-Petersburg, S=Saint-Petersburg, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4775A986F383176992FD70C1405B2DEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2014 2:10:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DliCAIuXO99BpvKuRwrzZieNrt3NE+/zadtfaqEOtuRjDsrDqpPMdwqZuA:Dlmul+r9ieBtouRjDuqpPG

Entry address:
0x687CF

Entry point:
E8, 1F, 87, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 10, CA, 47, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, BC, C0, 47, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Code size:
490.5 KB (502,272 bytes)

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