» newssetup.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

newssetup.exe

Inbox.com, Inc

The application newssetup.exe, “News Toolbar Setup ” by Inbox.com, Inc 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 Inno Setup installer.

File name:

newssetup.exe

Publisher:

Inbox.com, Inc. (signed by Inbox.com, Inc)

Description:

News Toolbar Setup

MD5:

c51c8e1e1d36d3c2a9743ef27023ef47

SHA-1:

6cf07256af9f9c649497d28037055f608c8187ef

SHA-256:

4307a2cbdf7936f8255709758c0da9f15df34c1f885724c02f1c9ae52e5f9625

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:

5/3/2024 11:54:45 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP (M)

17.2.20.5

File size:

871 KB (891,944 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Inbox.com, Inc

Authority:

Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:

8/22/2007 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

9/6/2009 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN="Inbox.com, Inc", OU=INBOX.COM, O="Inbox.com, Inc", L=Wilmington, S=DELAWARE, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:

02D4D8978AB90BCB677AF49834097E13

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0xC664

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 6C, C5, 40, 00, E8, E0, 85, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 2F, CD, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, EB, CC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 60, E6, 40, 00, E8, 36, FD, FF, FF, E8, 79, F8, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 97, CA, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 84, F0, 40, 00, E8, 0A, 76, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 84, F0, 40, 00, B2, 01... 
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Entropy:

7.9677

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

47.5 KB (48,640 bytes)

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