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newtab_setup.exe

Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application newtab_setup.exe by Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov 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 installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8117ae265ac8b1dd185ccd4aab625a41

SHA-1:
8047858b7584ce9e7331847e9ad223076aa65cd7

SHA-256:
8f626e6c7427ecf26c3e563f6042a3303b73ec43f8d506cc2d43462dc9924baf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 9:22:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
17.3.13.2

File size:
1.5 MB (1,618,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\addons\newtab_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
1/8/2014 3:24:34 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2015 3:24:34 PM

Subject:
E=drozdov54@hotmail.com, CN="Open Source Developer, Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov", OU=Sedro Soft, O=Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Certum Level III CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
4E05AFB21C1318DB8A2C0669760C9050

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2014 7:30:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x109DB

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, E0, 21, 42, 00, E8, 2F, 21, 00, 00, E8, E0, 07, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E1, 49, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, A0, 37, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9208  (probably packed)

Code size:
103 KB (105,472 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=629956656&publisher_id=299&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=1889869968&external_id=0&session_id=3779739936&hardware_id=4409696592&installer_file_name=newtab_setup

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