gmg4.exe

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application gmg4.exe by Visicom Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-1.visicommedia.com.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2ae9571ee0548086dc5be2f4d3380467

SHA-1:
2e0694f6f7d7fd54d2eefc28d067909c8c9b08c7

SHA-256:
4afa3df99bc369fe3bfbd6e60c16ccdec75318d24f777be8e3cdb0a483815062

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/19/2024 6:23:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom.VisicomMedia.Installer (M)
16.2.2.4

File size:
3.1 MB (3,278,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gmg4.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/24/2010 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/22/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
73C74D9445094BFD79759F7B9CAFD730

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/21/2009 7:46:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:A3gtfZb2vckenQYb1ntmZSYjauA38qnmR7Vz0lbgJev/VBt1miooGoQ97NwvYnaH:A3gPWc0YVtQ53A3fiQlfv3tp6mkgHWVC

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, ED, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file gmg4.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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