» fpainstaller.exe
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fpainstaller.exe

FreePriceAlerts

myVBO LLC

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 fpainstaller.exe by myVBO 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

fpainstaller.exe

Publisher:

myVBO LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

FreePriceAlerts

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.10.11.1102

MD5:

0b8a8feb986aac36065d5b89608089b1

SHA-1:

d586ec630446f472936bcc87d79bb08a29771499

SHA-256:

005929377a846f2f08f2186e0b13eaf09f7d49b3592133842297151f1f5edf19

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 9:53:01 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick (M)

16.11.4.19

File size:

1.2 MB (1,297,496 bytes)

Product version:

2.3.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\fpainstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

myVBO LLC

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

5/11/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/12/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=myVBO LLC, OU=FreePriceAlerts, O=myVBO LLC, L=Peterborough, S=New Hampshire, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

1D23E52C70371EBEA800A8FDB3606CF4

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/1/2012 3:05:52 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:O42tEtWBi6fPv2PePsA/tCtHiequQS+LNpBIQYQcWbfxF482Xf:+Etmiavs2uQzGQYkfxF43Xf

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:

7.9969

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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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