internetacceleratorsetup.exe

Internet Accelerator

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application internetacceleratorsetup.exe, “Internet Accelerator Installer” by Pointstone Software 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 files.downloadnow.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Pointstone Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Internet Accelerator

Description:
Internet Accelerator Installer

Version:
2.0.1.70

MD5:
be666b8edfa1193b9e324714bf08d247

SHA-1:
8bffbad919ae40e20c7b01c2b25900c13f9d9ef2

SHA-256:
3258f644f991e2a49a7c2cdd68ee10d4296bacc274952da20c415f5984731245

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:48:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.Y
14.7.25.4

File size:
1.9 MB (1,957,856 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © Pointstone Software, LLC

Trademarks:
Internet Accelerator is a trademark of Pointstone Software, LLC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
6A22BB97E19FF5ADFB20EE6464F9DEFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:jiEHrHoSqVb+9QAKkl4HOYpRupthJ6Rj/MPDJ9dELu0lWU1kN:jPqVb/kl4JaNJ6RDIDZEi6kN

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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Entropy:
7.9941

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file internetacceleratorsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/12/96/92/.../InternetAcceleratorSetup.exe

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