cbsidlm-cbsi134-boost-bp-75794586.exe

CBS Interactive

This installer uses the CNET Download.com download manager (private label) in order to provide monetized offerings to end users. These offers could include ad-supported toolbars or various web browser extensions. The application cbsidlm-cbsi134-boost-bp-75794586.exe by CBS Interactive has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the DownloadCom Spot Install installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address phx1-rb-api-wax-web-lb.cnet.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
CNET Download.com  (signed by CBS Interactive)

Product:
CNET Download.com

Version:
5, 4, 0, 134

MD5:
c3e04b7e8326eb118113ce175efa86a9

SHA-1:
c5a07c6647a4228b39a382ee5246235cfdd94a82

SHA-256:
f5de9f13a3c4ac23510cde59a413fb9824e8548a853c5b7ab55dae123ded32a9

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The installer is a co-bundle distribution utility that might contain adware or various unwanted programs. While the software it is providing is typically clean, some of the donwload manager offers could be classified as unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:37:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Bundler.PPI.CBSInteractive.b
2013.8.9.11

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1406
9.0.1.0330

ESET NOD32
Win32/CNETInstaller (variant)
7.9190

Reason Heuristics
Bundler.PPI.CBSInteractive.b
14.8.1.0

File size:
873.6 KB (894,600 bytes)

Product version:
5, 4, 0, 134

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
CNET Download.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
DownloadCom Spot Install

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cbsidlm-cbsi134-boost-bp-75794586.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/21/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/21/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CBS Interactive, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=CBS Interactive, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4E4BA2EE1F4C2B3D88BE589DA3471167

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/7/2013 11:38:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zmsqM2CRMzyKYi63TOlqGPRkpdN23QXgbN8l1QQybImkMkTJu9TBFr:zysROYiEOgnIUg58l+VbImBkTJa1Z

Entry address:
0x20D8D0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, EC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9246

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
852 KB (872,448 bytes)

The file cbsidlm-cbsi134-boost-bp-75794586.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/49/04/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-First_Name_Almanac_Professional-ORG-10000954.exe

http://download814.mediafire.com/g20gmpkfqf0g/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Midnight_Club_II_demo-ORG-10216122.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/12/01/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Office_Mail-ORG-10113484.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/.../84/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Media_Player_Codec_Pack-ORG_ES-10749065.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/23/67/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-DraftSight-ORG-75445046.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/12/12/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Simple_Sticky_Notes-SEO-10864689.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/26/11/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Grand_Theft_Auto_III_RealGTA3_mod-ORG_ES-10261124.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/51/65/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Construction_Set-SEO-10516566.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/74/99/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-MemTest-SEO-77167.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/46/49/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-1st_Video_Converter-SEO-10216300.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/15/55/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-DXBall-ORG-10155579.exe

http://software-files-arl.cnet.com/s/software/13/11/22/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Oracle_Database_10g_Express_Edition-ORG-75220235.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/43/30/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Free_PDF_to_JPG-ORG-75728284.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/00/98/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Tamil_Bible-ORG-75874223.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/12/70/53/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Magic_RAR_Password_Recovery-ORG-75650316.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/37/93/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-CounterStrike_Source_CS_Beirut_II-ORG-10379358.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/39/66/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-iTools-SEO-75629761.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/32/49/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Steam-ORG-97526.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/91/51/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Cute_Screen_Recorder_Free-SEO-75221901.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/43/17/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Free_Youtube_Downloader-SEO-75450165.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/44/54/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Realtek_High_Definition_Audio_Codec_Windows_Vista__Windows_7__Windows_8_32bit-SEO-10788600.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/39/00/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Tenorshare_iPhone_Data_Recovery-ORG-75885462.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/88/45/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Gmail_Notifier-SEO-10914118.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/51/89/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Corel_WordPerfect_Lightning-SEO-192908.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/39/06/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Free_Picture_Resize_Starter-ORG-10297789.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/53/77/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Star_Wars_Empire_at_War_Super_Star_Destroyer_mod-SEO-10537763.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/10/14/84/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Topmost_Clock-ORG-10148420.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/42/91/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-Ashampoo_Burning_Studio_Free-ORG-10776287.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/19/37/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-SRS_Audio_Sandbox-ORG-10582591.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/38/28/.../cbsidlm-cbsi134-SpeedyPainter_Portable-ORG-75926914.exe

Latest 30 of 1,219 download URLs

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to phx1-rb-api-wax-web-lb.cnet.com  (64.30.224.89:80)

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