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installbrowserbuttons.exe

Dennis Nazarenko

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application installbrowserbuttons.exe by Dennis Nazarenko 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 installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Dennis Nazarenko  (signed and verified)

MD5:
342651119cfd64cd0a34c06669cadde3

SHA-1:
e149d6c92f7adfc9683820bc9f9e58ea3b7c1050

SHA-256:
aecc24d2291948bf826fbc4604726d47cabd5bf57506ec102e3f0dd31212e8c0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:16:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DennisNazarenko.V
14.6.20.13

File size:
506.8 KB (518,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Common path:
C:\Program Files\tidy favorites\installbrowserbuttons.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/2/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/3/2009 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dennis Nazarenko, O=Dennis Nazarenko, POBox=15A, STREET=Jovtneva 7A, L=Vishneve, S=Kievskaya, PostalCode=08132, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:MnM0WMIgx/B/tFstJSB0Z+6c6aP1vbxCU+:MmMf/0JMi+Rvbi

Entry address:
0x6F250

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 04, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, 51, A1, 50, 1C, 47, 00, C6, 00, 01, B8, 18, F0, 46, 00, E8, 9A, 76, F9, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 6B, F4, 46, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, 7F, 3B, F9, FF, 48, 0F, 8C, 71, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, D3, 3B, F9, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, 80, F4, 46, 00, E8, BA, 96, F9, FF, 85, C0, 75, 1E, E8, 79, D2, FF, FF, E8, A4, DD, FF, FF, E8, 5B, F2, FF, FF, E8, 5A, F6, FF, FF, E8, DD, FB, FF, FF, E9, 88, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 55, E4, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
441.5 KB (452,096 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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