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mailruhomesearchvbm.exe

MailRuSputnik

LLC Mail.Ru

The application mailruhomesearchvbm.exe by LLC Mail.Ru has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from sputnikmailru.cdnmail.ru.
Publisher:
LLC Mail.Ru  (signed and verified)

Product:
MailRuSputnik

Version:
2, 8, 0, 89

MD5:
c903b74802fd1943429a329251bf7640

SHA-1:
11bc39c275ba39bf3e8c470e889243c39fea48f6

SHA-256:
37c100b23128d03af34cc2332eb1b30d495aa4667679b5a33fe63251ba70d934

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
6/26/2025 2:32:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.MailRu.T
14.9.25.14

File size:
6.9 MB (7,221,992 bytes)

Product version:
2, 8, 0, 89

Copyright:
Copyright c 2005 - 2012

Original file name:
MailRuSputnik.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\mailruhomesearchvbm.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LLC Mail.Ru

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/19/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=LLC Mail.Ru, O=LLC Mail.Ru, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

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

Serial number:
3C484F9655CF5CDDA51678E773A55BF3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/25/2014 3:14:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:92l83bL1AMaU9l0IjpuYFsEnIUKfRWjgwCRFOa:92mrL6MaUjrWEiZoboZ

Entry address:
0x1D4279

Entry point:
E8, 0B, E5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 78, 09, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 08, 51, E8, F8, E5, 00, 00, 59, 59, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 74, 2B, 66, 00, E8, 74, E5, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, B8, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 48, 75, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Code size:
2.1 MB (2,215,424 bytes)

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

http://sputnikmailru.cdnmail.ru/mailruhomesearchvbm.exe

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