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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:
126fcda6bfacee442888360fa13f452f

SHA-1:
dd46d40aa6092ac1060e062dc22d3bcb4af35ab3

SHA-256:
4395024345bf5a66ad5080e8b22a93f65f2a8086eff891e7c7a55057a6eacedf

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:
4/20/2024 1:04:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovP (M)
16.3.9.16

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:jliCAIuXO99BpvKuRwrzZieNrt3NE+/zadtfaqEOtuRjDsrDqpPMdwqZu6:jlmul+r9ieBtouRjDuqpP0

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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