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meta bold.exe

Moshe Karaso

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 meta bold.exe, “Installer for SoftSafe” by Moshe Karaso has been detected as adware 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from softwarethebest.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

meta bold.exe

Publisher:

SoftSafe (signed by Moshe Karaso)

Product:

SoftSafe

Description:

Installer for SoftSafe

Version:

2013.2.20.1100

MD5:

1005ab129b3ea3934c5bee8a22445038

SHA-1:

a0c649ad81b48cf1a297169a65fb7035fc863ff0

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 2:11:52 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

Adware (M)

16.7.16.14

File size:

280.2 KB (286,904 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\meta bold.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Moshe Karaso

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/15/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Moshe Karaso, O=Moshe Karaso, STREET=Nahum 19, L=Ramat Gan, S=center, PostalCode=52233, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

55036D3C9B5C690240A409061736347F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/4/2013 9:49:08 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:er+0I5RxWBDg7V0eXze6OvA48eEyUWvn9SS8LOJiLoAf8:er+0I3sBDJejgPPjUW/9SS86F/

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:

7.9557

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://softwarethebest.info/.../?product_name=Meta Bold&installer_file_name=Meta Bold&r=743

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)

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