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pandora recovery.exe

Pandora Corp

The application pandora recovery.exe by Pandora Corp has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Pandora Corp  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aa8481cd2fc3276bc3de734fceaf596f

SHA-1:
81fb8286a5a5cdf784974b15eff6575c71834b4d

SHA-256:
11f324a94af0a2970a3bf2887e94b8f695c6b6c6201c515f31d7daa18698d45d

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 1:15:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ask.Toolbar.Bundled (M)
16.4.15.17

File size:
3.1 MB (3,276,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\pandora recovery.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pandora Corp

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2008 1:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/8/2009 12:59:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Pandora Corp, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pandora Corp, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0ACF71615F1F75854906D92ABFDACD4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2005 5:03:57 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:3gM5sOldEEfOz5GBSVpAEay8B/yWvdPhi:N1dNq5GBkpAEay8BFvZhi

Entry address:
0x34E2

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, F6, 57, 89, 74, 24, 18, BB, B0, 97, 40, 00, 89, 74, 24, 10, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 56, FF, 15, 90, 72, 40, 00, A3, D0, 5E, 42, 00, 56, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 56, 68, C0, 03, 42, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 71, 40, 00, 68, A0, 97, 40, 00, 68, 20, 56, 42, 00, E8, F9, 28, 00, 00, BD, 00, C4, 42, 00, BF, 00, 04, 00, 00, 55, 57, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, E8, 5F, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 24, 68, FB, 03, 00, 00, 55, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 98, 97...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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