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npinstall.exe

Gemius S.A.

The application npinstall.exe by Gemius S.A 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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from ro.hit.gemius.pl.
Publisher:
Gemius S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6317a73d6677cf96bd56c7eec0085261

SHA-1:
484242a492e4554d442c3a4d3679356d0bc043a3

SHA-256:
0dd2ec34c1a8155d12ff05894ccc3197fd74860b742824864ad153da049da6ae

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:
4/26/2024 1:50:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GemiusSA.Installer (M)
16.2.11.1

File size:
1.5 MB (1,595,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gemius S.A.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Gemius S.A., O=Gemius S.A., L=Warszawa, S=mazowieckie, C=PL

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

Serial number:
4214D27FBFEDDBBD183D1ED8DF3A9C0E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2003 10:27:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:N8P8JrABjaVVrDKlnAW/FzJKH8B1DjCwAJ8/Y9O7TlS8tHLYOwZeKa0KbN9NjRAX:W6EwqvFcH8BxxAD90SsLYOwZep0KbNj2

Entry address:
0x1F150

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 41, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, FE, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
44 KB (45,056 bytes)

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

https://ro.hit.gemius.pl/hitredir?id=bOubuZfhgKJpeXXlJ749R7bu35gwE3syFAEZzQhjoGj.H7&url=http://pl.panel.gemius.ro/usr/.../?id=119855&mt=2951801559f855d7748ad05d7a0b1845

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