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desktopx_public.exe

Stardock Corporation

The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1ob5g40gc5b6g.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Stardock Corporation - www.stardock.com  (signed by Stardock Corporation)

Description:
DesktopX Pub Setup

Version:
3.5

MD5:
b3f82c36a2226e0ea05ff3a1a8b73352

SHA-1:
3a9a520ba132edb2728472cd7eb2b0f70d8774a9

SHA-256:
c96cfa7e12e2e9435c895932ec846b2323eee15428467703fa22688a9d40986a

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 8:28:52 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
11.9 MB (12,460,640 bytes)

Copyright:
© Stardock Corporation 2000-2008

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\desktopx_public.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Stardock Corporation

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
10/11/2007 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/11/2008 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Stardock Corporation, O=Stardock Corporation, STREET=15090 N Beck Road Ste 300, L=Plymouth, S=MI, PostalCode=48170, C=US

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

Serial number:
5C7C2FA1BF040C54BF44C098C70396B2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 10:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:gCsX7ymQG0fB/tCYYv9CulvrLaCfzgoKL1TmIJzY3Jpf9fYxXqBsc/ccqd0sPuLc:gCMQFfBVryTLaYELBR50zwxXqBsckcq7

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

The file desktopx_public.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

https://d1ob5g40gc5b6g.cloudfront.net/2/13882/.../desktopx35_public.exe

http://files.freetrialdownload.com/2/13882/.../desktopx35_public.exe

http://download.softpedia.com/dl/7e41588c6e62b5029ae9bbdb3b4e6520/577d32b3/100006444/software/.../desktopx_public.exe

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/3a9/a52/.../file?SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=12542&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&Expires=1468182759&Signature=MyxJdHH1lh0YF7cJp6C1c6O3Ny4HI~wjfKu4h-~3jAwNWBL-TPfJuUm7sPlkj3jD2XPwjBwd2l9MQhCrp5S~Ivua2YBEidm1ixZXVG-iRab5DZHwDeBqPPrdJ1QO5EGRu3-4zDikRNHLwr2PUHEGgxsrVmHrH-rTS1uMXVGclsE_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&filename=desktopx_public.exe

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/3a9/a52/.../file?SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=12542&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&Expires=1460330561&Signature=f6JISR4iGLm9hze7nqWGvyBjXTM-MbJWB3qVs07I1bL42tOr57wR0~2n4qP1U6HF2H1sDzn~dmw5oPS4RWVMaCTW5HJgWsLNNxOegI0JMPvPQ3~lcN2B4eaOZHIGCrKNlQjd3rdNaj4Ju55nU1rVabLjDGTViQj9wIkiusjYL3o_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&filename=desktopx_public.exe

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/3a9/a52/.../file?SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=12542&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&Expires=1423309575&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&Signature=Vtfmx282TvI1qSrHB1OV~W~YqWtubS5eq2QrFU3WwEeyuBN1MnwQHo-D1F7XhJGDes4st4oxjAiBQ3BXCsFUKn7r6C1AR97h0dwoGqBs5gqMrJ6ahBBfmyuHWD~AwYgyliAUQHce3qNhY36QqSmPT3ZNpfCNX8oPQfsKM9UL~BQ_&filename=desktopx_public.exe

http://sdc.stardock.com/desktopx_public.exe

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