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launcher.exe

ROSTPAY LLC

The software installer program will bundle additional offers in its setup routine. The application launcher.exe by ROSTPAY has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Software Updater Pro’.
Publisher:
ROSTPAY LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3a590b2c7b0a23be75d038aa43dfec62

SHA-1:
27f443665f1ca1df3f0791e5b8532925942e6532

SHA-256:
d6d0258dba3848222f7a1917f1a2ab008f6c5a82bd711ae50e5ed1b43f856e76

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 8:12:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MediaFrog.ROSTPAY (M)
16.2.12.11

File size:
19 KB (19,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\carambis\software updater pro\launcher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ROSTPAY LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ROSTPAY LLC, OU=Software Development, O=ROSTPAY LLC, L=Rostov-on-Don, S=Russian Federation, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
495CD4660DC23A429838971E58CFF10B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/7/2012 9:52:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:fEVlPx6IcV7z8dJnGfWvqOSTn4asCTnDvxHkSECSrVAOdOn7AuSPLf:e3dJnRqOSLDsCLD5ESrSJAOdOg

Entry address:
0x1B04

Entry point:
E8, 80, 04, 00, 00, E9, 63, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 78, 51, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 74, 51, 40, 00, 89, 15, 70, 51, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 6C, 51, 40, 00, 89, 35, 68, 51, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 64, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 90, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 84, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 60, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 5C, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 58, 51, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 54, 51, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 88, 51, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 7C, 51, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 80, 51, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 8C, 51, 40...
 
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Code size:
6 KB (6,144 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Software Updater Pro

Command:
"C:\Program Files\carambis\software updater pro\launcher.exe" -minimized


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