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pcperformer.exe

Zugo Ltd

The application pcperformer.exe by Zugo has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from performersoft.com.
Publisher:
Zugo Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43d37c256be8f2fca2d8e9140d1f7d5d

SHA-1:
221a05104a0de7a82528935969988ee1bbcd77b7

SHA-256:
995edd8daf36f831f20b7a5273ee7dc1ccea919d8ab87aa9241d4aa095b45159

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:47:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Searcher.73
9.0.1.0207

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Zugo
8.7586

McAfee
Artemis!43D37C256BE8
5600.7057

Norman
W32/Downloader
11.20140726

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Zugo.L
14.8.7.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1014
7.2.207

File size:
425.4 KB (435,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zugo Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
1/25/2010 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/26/2011 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Zugo Ltd, O=Zugo Ltd, STREET=PO Box 36, STREET=1st Floor, STREET=37 Broad St., L=St Helier, S=Jersey, PostalCode=JE4 9NU, C=JE

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00C52FD6F7886644358C539D8FC50BCC93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CqaQ9TPnzaBuMijXjNqv4jyByi7+i759Buc/ouhZ2I3pm:CqaGDOQMijXgv4jyBX75Gc/JZp3c

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9639

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://performersoft.com/.../pcperformer.exe

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