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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:
c3badacc4d4e2da8a1aef213e9b1810b

SHA-1:
a550b3d3b815a46241f959205ff8010155b762b4

SHA-256:
c5c72432e2208427664cef552b90e55671359323b8f78b3213d8b788f5cc6784

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:
4/25/2024 6:34:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovPaul (M)
16.3.7.14

File size:
631.6 KB (646,792 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 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/17/2014 5:59:59 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:
5/25/2014 1:52:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3C1A5n5yKI6yg3NRwj962jWRDEZIP3XToNMICiedS1kZaMJBqXkdYqjO23/vs348:GKyKZ7rwj96BRDJ3wZkZaMJ9dXjO2so8

Entry address:
0x68733

Entry point:
E8, 9C, 89, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 40, 4A, 49, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 8B, 55, 18, 53, 33, DB, 56, 57, 3B, D3, 7E, 1F, 8B, 45, 14, 8B, CA, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, C2, 2B, C1, 48, 3B, C2, 7D, 01, 40, 89, 45, 18, 89, 5D, F8, 39, 5D, 24, 75, 0B, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, 04, 89, 45, 24, 8B, 35, 78, B0, 47, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 28, 53, 53, FF, 75, 18, 0F, 95, C0, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 04, C5, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, FF, 75, 24, FF, D6, 8B, F8, 89...
 
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Code size:
485.5 KB (497,152 bytes)

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