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nfshdwaterfall03.exe

HD Waterfall 03 New Free Screensaver

Gekkon Ltd

The application nfshdwaterfall03.exe, “HD Waterfall 03 New Free Screensaver Setup ” by Gekkon has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from windows7themer.com.
Publisher:
Gekkon Ltd.   (signed by Gekkon Ltd)

Product:
HD Waterfall 03 New Free Screensaver

Description:
HD Waterfall 03 New Free Screensaver Setup

MD5:
5593834462d27f96c4df1bb921dc88fc

SHA-1:
b587274bd23d5194ca0f991777c133ef2cddd043

SHA-256:
8f9afc7fe6022e05d58f6d35f3112b8ec8ec62ba9a2cdeea9bbe360a2175f0c0

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 3:31:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.9089

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Gekkon.Q
14.7.10.2

File size:
10.1 MB (10,628,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\nfshdwaterfall03.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gekkon Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/13/2013 4:57:19 PM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 4:57:19 PM

Subject:
E=is@newfreescreensavers.com, CN=Gekkon Ltd, O=Gekkon Ltd, L=Mahe, S=Seychelles, C=SC

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11219BA4649A3898A4F37C1CE7782C46FAEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2012 10:48:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:6eoY4E1n1Zx6wlVr3OQ0VcXPBjpw+hmKGgsH/gfmHBQLdmaz819fhCx:j6E1n1ZxJr3OLV8PXweVmg+yBZY3i

Entry address:
0xF3BC

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, 64, ED, 40, 00, E8, E8, 71, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 89, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 45, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 3B, 41, 00, E8, BE, F7, FF, FF, E8, 65, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, F7, C3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 4C, 66, 41, 00, E8, 6A, 58, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 4C, 66, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
59 KB (60,416 bytes)

The file nfshdwaterfall03.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://windows7themer.com/.../HD Waterfall Screensaver

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