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kik_messenger.exe

EBooks Media

The application kik_messenger.exe by EBooks 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 files4.filedownload13.com.
Publisher:
EBooks Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a57630e0c057ad2753788faf45bfa74f

SHA-1:
b5a77c089ecf91baf9a0264520aa60d83dcb9794

SHA-256:
1fd294c668fcd30f5187ea0b4c4d05c8f4d3e2d1ae36e42452ac92944b93601e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 11:13:25 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.EBooksMedia.Installer (M)
15.11.16.22

File size:
655.8 KB (671,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
EBooks Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=EBooks Media, O=EBooks Media, L=san francisco, S=California, 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:
54636717359CD60DB0B87873A4B7B2F9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2015 2:14:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:zp2p5LQY5+TCOBFVU+nK8R4oDUPgPXmLWTCqNyOQXowq45pn9y:127QYAlBFS+K9oDWgvPTCqNyOQXO4w

Entry address:
0x1BB4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, DC, 51, 00, 00, 53, E8, 50, FD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 15, 50, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 70, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 4C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 2C, 42, 00, E8, B9, 09, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3D, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 73, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 68, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 35, 42, 00, E8, AB, 08, 00, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 70, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9741

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

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

http://files4.filedownload13.com/dl?bc=1087988&c=Kik Messenger&filename=kik_messenger.exe&productKey=jhldgagi5y3gg3azyu43wlkutza7z62f&zTmp=1&variation=norefer

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