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james_patterson_audio_books.exe

The application james_patterson_audio_books.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
MD5:
a5d6b1cbe5f853da40c4c40e496c4c81

SHA-1:
bc562d8669253599d5d6ccf86926515934130421

SHA-256:
4a08edbe3abf23cd44d3bdceba7fae51ba33eb39c26dab795460bd55b935ecfb

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 7:52:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.48623
870

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.DelBar
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.DelBar
2014.09.18

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Strictor.43516.5
7.11.143.80

avast!
NSIS:InstMonetizer-AE [PUP]
2014.9-140918

AVG
MalSign.Skodna.Bundle.3d5
2015.0.3348

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.48623
1.0.20.1305

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Babylon.TK
18102

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1540
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.48623
14.09.17

ESET NOD32
Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper
8.9672

F-Prot
W32/A-6c385e4c
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.48623
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13407

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundler
v2014.09.18.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.48623
15.0.0.783

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.6713008
14.09.17.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.15816E51!360803921
23.00.65.141119

VIPRE Antivirus
Ividi
28214

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.DelBar.Win32.2
2.0.0.1926

File size:
6.4 MB (6,713,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 12:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:rEYWHm6TuZ8tIDkxDpDXJu0x9Oc5gnPcsc:YYyTuZ8mIxh59OlPcV

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9949

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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