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creativelive - photoshop mastery- retouching and collage.exe

Lior Sela

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application creativelive - photoshop mastery- retouching and collage.exe, “Installer for StarApp” by Lior Sela 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 filesaredirecty.asia. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
StarApp  (signed by Lior Sela)

Product:
StarApp

Description:
Installer for StarApp

Version:
2013.6.13.1400

MD5:
b75cc6c80057bb3d32f5b4ab2ccc23d9

SHA-1:
8260879265428923aaf18f82b9a15698cd4c4d82

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 2:08:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware (M)
16.7.22.13

File size:
285.4 KB (292,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 StarApp

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\creativelive - photoshop mastery- retouching and collage.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lior Sela

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2014 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lior Sela, O=Lior Sela, STREET=Moshe Sharet 46, L=Beer Sheva, S=Beer Sheva, PostalCode=84786, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D39C56B89258E40E737B2AEDA8D3D3E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 4:51:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:crkG6Y0JQBkQRl7174NpNUM+UHs+l96AzqrbuMEdFx7507KAFG9StKWpK:crkG63yRl1uqM+gs+i6ubuhdL2pGiKh

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9551

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file creativelive - photoshop mastery- retouching and collage.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://filesaredirecty.asia/.../?product_name=creativeLIVE : Photoshop Mastery: Retouching and Collage&installer_file_name=creativeLIVE : Photoshop Mastery: Retouching and Collage&r=249

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=274184486&publisher_id=741&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=822553458&external_id=0&session_id=1645106916&hardware_id=1919291402&installer_file_name=creativelive++-+photoshop+mastery-+retouching+and+collage

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