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particlecliinstaller.exe

The application particlecliinstaller.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install. The file has been seen being downloaded from github.com.
MD5:
b7da35c58e0be0b3630d7dd885819514

SHA-1:
74b0a1aea7a4812efdedeba047ee88868bc9ad97

SHA-256:
2501e0103054326edfa7c0b6bc475bb69fdf308e74676e6aeddd7ac2681b082b

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:14:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160809

Bkav FE
HW32.Packed
1.3.0.8108

Dr.Web
Trojan.Amonetize.12840
9.0.1.0222

McAfee
Artemis!B7DA35C58E0B
5600.6313

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1120

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Amonetize.DB (M)
16.8.9.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.s
3.12.26.4

File size:
214.5 KB (219,671 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/26/2015 10:27:05 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:NNRcDfuW7/PnMc+45LP8/rmzZipWf47WZ5Kf3bpi/ZsElmx0WVD5IU8v2H9Zqted:NNMnW6LzsU2s2bp2ZKVDCOdnUSIJbw

Entry address:
0x322B

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, A8, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 94, 2F, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 55, 68, 0C, 92, 40, 00, E8, 14, 2F, 00, 00, 68, 04, 92, 40, 00, E8, 0A, 2F, 00, 00, 68, F8, 91, 40, 00, E8, 00, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 09, E8, 63, 2F, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 5C, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 44, 67, 44, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 70, 40, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7970  (probably packed)

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

https://github.com/mumblepins/Particle-CLI-Installer/releases/download/.../ParticleCLIInstaller.exe

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