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counting stars.exe

LLC ITC

The application counting stars.exe by LLC ITC has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from forces.loadingdom.ru.
Publisher:
LLC ITC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5e14fd62b9d98369277c9e4d880c9456

SHA-1:
be23f80e696a212e81371ff4c1bc98069cbc96f9

SHA-256:
f22f86056b13bc3477a354a0090789cfae2e325b5af0cebcd1f3d737c57d9fa7

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:
5/27/2024 10:41:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ITC
17.2.24.4

File size:
491.9 KB (503,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LLC ITC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/26/2014 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/27/2015 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=LLC ITC, O=LLC ITC, STREET=Vvedenskogo 11/3, L=Moscow, S=Moscow oblast, PostalCode=117342, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F4DBD55156EE0DAFED4BAB130328504E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/17/2014 1:52:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
21.19

Entry address:
0xAA31

Entry point:
87, FE, FC, FC, C1, E8, 0A, 48, C1, E1, 11, FD, C1, D8, 0B, C1, D2, 05, F7, D7, 81, 3D, 2C, D6, 41, 00, 58, 44, B6, B4, C1, D6, 1A, F7, D3, 81, 3C, 24, 79, 73, CC, 23, 81, 7C, 24, 0C, 72, 1B, BA, 0E, C1, E1, 06, C1, E6, 13, 3B, 64, 24, 14, C1, EA, 17, 33, 4C, 24, 04, 03, 6C, 24, 0C, C1, DA, 05, C1, E5, 1B, F7, C7, 5B, C5, DE, 5D, FC, C1, C7, 0A, C1, C3, 15, C1, CB, 0F, 81, E7, 7A, D7, EB, BF, C1, EE, 0D, BE, AA, B6, 75, F3, 0B, 5C, 24, EC, 85, 3D, 45, 75, 43, 00, 81, 3C, 24, 7E, F7, A4, E6, 31, E9, 49, F5...
 
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Code size:
377.5 KB (386,560 bytes)

The file counting stars.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://forces.loadingdom.ru/NTM2NTtodHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGenZ1a29mZi5ydSUyRmRvd25sb2FkJTJGMTU4NzczODtuYW1lPUNvdW50aW5nK1N0YXJzO3NpemU9NDEyMTU2OTt0eXBlPWF1ZGlv

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