lynda.com - android app development with java essential training with lee brimelow.exe

Yakov Cohen

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application lynda.com - android app development with java essential training with lee brimelow.exe, “Installer for StarApp” by Yakov Cohen has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
StarApp  (signed by Yakov Cohen)

Product:
StarApp

Description:
Installer for StarApp

Version:
2013.7.4.1638

MD5:
d7c6ef53e5e6d12b4508f49674769e48

SHA-1:
8675ca7fdd2312e3b6fa47d4a3be729c8c3a377e

SHA-256:
9e097de71a9f2ddbf7aa80ee10468c713dfaa8016fb30e61d3e7af655170c31f

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 12:13:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.571575
1018

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallRex.Gen
7.11.144.234

avast!
Win32:InstalleRex-X [PUP]
2014.9-140423

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.571575
1.0.20.565

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstalleRex.KG
18153

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1166
9.0.1.0113

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.571575
8.14.04.23.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex
8.9711

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstalleRex
4/23/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.571575
11.2014-23-04_4

G Data
Adware.Generic.571575
14.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11847

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3973

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Installex
v2014.04.23.09

McAfee
PUP-FHQ!D7C6EF53E5E6
5600.7152

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.571575
15.0.0.339

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.crfila
0.28.0.59492

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
14.04.23.09

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer.?
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallRex!1.9E4C
23.00.65.14421

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.AdLoad
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Installerex/WebPick
28530

File size:
292 KB (298,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 StarApp

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\lynda.com - android app development with java essential training with lee brimelow.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/1/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Yakov Cohen, O=Yakov Cohen, STREET=Rodenski 10, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=69360, C=IL

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

Serial number:
009AF809F48BC879375BE578151D15C51C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 3:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zrk/9uEo2S1YnQmCX492DkwNP3qpYFYjwrShcFvViiyeVMPNuyloTaTuEGW:zrk1u6/eIo4+mhcF9iiyaMPNFlo53W

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9528

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 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)