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debtors' prison- the politics of austerity versus possibility.exe

Lior Sela

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 debtors' prison- the politics of austerity versus possibility.exe, “Installer for StarApp” by Lior Sela has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
StarApp  (signed by Lior Sela)

Product:
StarApp

Description:
Installer for StarApp

Version:
2013.5.19.1708

MD5:
e0afb8f4ad637c7571fbb5039bbc7e74

SHA-1:
75243b86936b2e2cc9804469b84fcf15b73f4f8a

SHA-256:
6580fa449e1be0b2c4bbc8628d3accf211405d7ccc7ab3062fa749070dc77886

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:43:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallRex.Gen
7.11.142.138

avast!
Win32:InstalleRex-Q [PUP]
2014.9-140410

AVG
MalSign.Skodna.Pick
2015.0.3508

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstalleRex.KG
18082

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1166
9.0.1.0100

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex
8.9662

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstalleRex
4/10/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.InstalleRex
14.4.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.4037

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Installex
v2014.04.10.04

McAfee
PUP-FHQ!E0AFB8F4AD63
5600.7164

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Adware.crcapk
0.28.0.59048

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
14.04.10.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer.AA
14.8.7.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallRex!1.9E4C
23.00.65.14408

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallRex/Variant
10674

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.AdLoad
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Installerex/WebPick
28194

File size:
284.9 KB (291,760 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)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\debtors' prison- the politics of austerity versus possibility.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lior Sela

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2014 1:59:59 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 10:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Frk+6Y0JQBkQRl7174NpNUM+UHs+1Mn3xGjPwWDfXezXFdr/2:Frk+63yRl1uqM+gs+1ZwWSbr/2

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:
7.9530

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file debtors' prison- the politics of austerity versus possibility.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://filesareworldy.asia/.../?product_name=Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility&installer_file_name=Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility&r=810

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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