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gadgetbox.exe

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WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application gadgetbox.exe by WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from storagenl.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

gadgetbox.exe

Publisher:

Premium (signed by WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD)

Product:

Setup

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.11.8.1120

MD5:

acb606d9aa20f4706577bf13ee156392

SHA-1:

32462268ceae817c927a06c85c04289efefb3bb0

SHA-256:

4e81ad204f21a57aeaabd4ed622f3671c69b7d42b29509972df1597b7dd33e7e

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 11:00:32 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick (M)

16.8.10.2

File size:

292.7 KB (299,736 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\gadgetbox.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

2/24/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/22/2013 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD, O=WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD, L=Ramat Hasharon, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

69BA3E5E7FA6543891BD41AC3F494F15

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/1/2012 3:51:06 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:dQEn9aA+NXagZei5DtsUAIkhZIK5jEgVtdwFBnzsQP6A1J1EqG3:dQW9alagZp9ieNjnIgOH

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:

7.9592

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file gadgetbox.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://storagenl.info/.../

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to r1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to c1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=310184484&publisher_id=101&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=930553452&external_id=0&session_id=1861106904&hardware_id=2171291388&installer_file_name=gadgetbox

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