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codec-c.exe

Setup

Artua Vladislav

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application codec-c.exe by Artua Vladislav has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.premiumsafe.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

codec-c.exe

Publisher:

Premium (signed by Artua Vladislav)

Product:

Setup

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.2.23.1936

MD5:

c2bc543b5372245a24b14193853cc1ae

SHA-1:

b77b7d300497518342af20e53b876663e995bb88

SHA-256:

7ac9bc952019be75ca44bb69e35f5084d807d4cfa046779aa4ce3ddf712de18a

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 8:40:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick (M)

16.7.31.3

File size:

252.6 KB (258,624 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\codec-c.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Artua Vladislav

Authority:

The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:

3/14/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/14/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Artua Vladislav, O=Artua Vladislav, STREET=haRav Dangur 22, L=Bnei Braq, S=Israel, PostalCode=51281, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

302242B18FB354EA399140DBBA22B786

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/4/2012 11:25:26 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:mS+7vS15CFJDv+CzqxXmbBrTDy4aD4noWZuCb8otI:mSg28TPJa4oWZ5b8QI

Entry address:

0x14A3

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, E4, FB, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, DC, F9, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, A0, 32, 40, 00, E8, 86, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, F7, 01, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 58, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 0F, 85, BC, 01, 00, 00, 81... 
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Entropy:

7.9421

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file codec-c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.premiumsafe.info/v58/?reffer=http://.../jcr4bh49qq7w

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to r1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

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