freepricealertssetup.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 freepricealertssetup.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. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
myVBO LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
FreePriceAlerts

Description:
Installer

Version:
2012.5.25.1400

MD5:
e852a3e66dd7e1fc61b55d67954a6e30

SHA-1:
34791a4f8b897506ceb175f064a8fd8b4eb40dc6

SHA-256:
ea07b8c2de2989a16c55f5dc5d33816fafaaa24cd671828c65cfe33a3bf9edc8

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:
4/19/2024 1:44:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.12.19.9

File size:
1 MB (1,098,840 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 myVBO LLC

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freepricealertssetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/10/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2013 7:59:59 PM

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:
5/7/2012 12:44:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x14A3

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, E4, FB, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, DC, F9, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, BC, 32, 40, 00, E8, 82, FB, FF, FF, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FD, 00, 00, 00, E9, 13, 02, 00, 00, 50, 68, 98, 32, 40, 00, E8, 67, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FF, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9954

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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