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dummy.exe

YourScreen Saver

Freeze.com, LLC

Part of an InstallX (InstallIQ) installation, a PUP that may bundle additional adware on the computer. The application dummy.exe by Freeze.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Freeze.com, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
YourScreen Saver

Version:
1, 3, 0, 0

MD5:
df2cf15bdccbcea2209d28c4fd051d4a

SHA-1:
59a700cbc11d0c6e25e1f3653fa530b39d4e8de1

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:
5/2/2024 10:45:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallX.Freeze (M)
16.1.21.23

File size:
941.6 KB (964,208 bytes)

Product version:
1, 3, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2006

Original file name:
Kernel.EXE

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\dummy.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freeze.com, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2005 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2007 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Freeze.com, LLC", OU=Downloads, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Freeze.com, LLC", L=Waite Park, S=Minnesota, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
760FD90A1A5D07296CE99BD3D412D3DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/26/2006 7:21:39 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Pt8AuqSNtqnunwCDGIJ9CogNQLYfTRXVC5biC:6AuBNt+un5YfTR8mC

Entry address:
0x8B1D

Entry point:
6A, 74, 68, 58, EE, 40, 00, E8, EB, 02, 00, 00, 33, DB, 89, 5D, E0, 53, 8B, 3D, 3C, A0, 40, 00, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 81, 39, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 12, 0F, B7, 41, 18, 3D, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 1F, 3D, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 05, 89, 5D, E4, EB, 27, 83, B9, 84, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 76, F2, 33, C0, 39, 99, F8, 00, 00, 00, EB, 0E, 83, 79, 74, 0E, 76, E2, 33, C0, 39, 99, E8, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 95, C0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, EC, A3, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, B8, 3F, 42, 00, FF, 83...
 
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Entropy:
5.8591

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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