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cougarmessenger.exe

Cougar Messenger

Lanet Ltd

The application cougarmessenger.exe by Lanet has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.telechargementdirect.net and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address vip1.carpediem.fr on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Lanet  (signed by Lanet Ltd)

Product:
Cougar Messenger

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
a9af8e10cdf02e66ffbfe3b37e9f2e14

SHA-1:
0a1674db4215477622471f713b79976c03548312

SHA-256:
603ffeb23e77957b2fa32454e329d6002db579cea4f9c25e49f8a065f4dcbf37

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:14:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Lanet (L)
16.12.19.9

File size:
146.1 KB (149,568 bytes)

Copyright:
Lanet

Trademarks:
Cougar Messenger is a trademark of Lanet company

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cougarmessenger.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lanet Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/13/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/14/2019 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lanet Ltd, O=Lanet Ltd, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG, SERIALNUMBER=203609282, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=BG

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4358006905A03AB196FFBEFFD207DC8F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cougarmessenger.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.telechargementdirect.net/download.php?id_mb=2840&id=67651&tracker=TT392047752TT-ExoCPLv3-RH-FR-PopAll_uopt_486_9_3352_uopt_509_8_3821_pdv1025_018&exe_name=cougarmessenger.exe

http://www.telechargementdirect.net/download.php?id_mb=2840&id=74274&tracker=ECash-InfoPop-72141293_h006_ipopt_D021_landing1025_c1_fc&exe_name=cougarmessenger.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vip1.carpediem.fr  (91.226.182.241:80)

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