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gimp.exe

OCSClient

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application gimp.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Chip Digital OCSClient installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.download-sponsor.de.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
7.00

MD5:
37a5c0f436796a8487a9ae7c787e54ba

SHA-1:
14a09809b659b28bf53a1ee9cc870caca7a58a31

SHA-256:
7c8709ccf645971a5c7d7f6d26f95fbad0714d48fb52bbeb19ca64fe444b9ecd

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:36:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OMO
675

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.195.126

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Downloader.Generic14
2016.0.3153

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadSponsor.DAE
21613

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.3982
9.0.1.091

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadSponsor.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-4024500f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OMO
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadSponsor
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of kate-s-video-toolkit-free.exe
2015.7.6.7

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13697

McAfee
Artemis!AC5B9B93E630
5600.6809

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OMO
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadSponsor.dkkydc
0.30.0.64448

Norman
DownloadSponsor.M
11.20150401

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Staser.961360
15.04.01.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.Covus
15.4.1.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15330

Sophos
Generic PUA BG
4.98

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Staser.Win32.2995
2.0.0.2123

File size:
938.8 KB (961,360 bytes)

Product version:
7.00

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Chip Digital GmbH

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
German (Germany)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/24/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/25/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=Muenchen, S=Bayern, C=DE

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

Serial number:
0D160B8252A4F0A16FE1255FA0A22E2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2014 10:40:40 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:H7lw1DxnNXeGQpnmSsR87RAie/kRRU7AAysgfBnnl2m:H7m1D7XeB7RAiej7AAysgpnncm

Entry address:
0x1684

Entry point:
68, 74, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, BE, 94, 86, 5E, 78, 67, 9E, 43, 9D, C2, E8, 8B, A9, F8, 76, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 16, 1A, 2D, BC, FF, 5E, B7, 44, B2, 06, 38, F4, C1, 21, 31, 3B, C7, 14, 1B, 51, 28, 94, 81, 40, 89, 85, 2C, 1A, 60, AA, 65, 86, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2424

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

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

https://secure.download-sponsor.de/?lastchange=1390777200&pid=dhtechradar&cid=282&camps=&campsel=&euid=4d83faacc4c84dac590a9872&utm_source=undefined&utm_medium=undefined&utm_campaign=undefined&source=ChromeBundle

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