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The file inst by betwikx 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from installs.peepsrv.com.
Publisher:
betwikx  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7525718afe99be247c60659edf81452e

SHA-1:
41a4fb7575b3ab613c8512ea5a6979761c546fa4

SHA-256:
ad7b6d1ba804e22e5a95a9f19356668ec0460cf54972b31506690f1558d41bf0

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:
4/24/2024 3:17:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Betwikx.Installer (M)
16.2.10.16

File size:
576.1 KB (589,904 bytes)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\inst

Digital Signature
Signed by:
betwikx

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/27/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=betwikx, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=betwikx, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3A0ED371EEFB729EE95DA7D0B644B32B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mxBkyjS+869ZZ2XWSBnVoBhggNFZHu4MD2VjXSX6OOY34KKXDPXID0aTC3u:m7kyjSYZ1SBnVo3nn0wJOOJKKTPXI4Ed

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://installs.peepsrv.com/pricepeep_270024_0101.exe

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