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pdfdownload.exe

Setup

Moshe Karaso

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application pdfdownload.exe by Moshe Karaso has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from storagenl.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

pdfdownload.exe

Publisher:

Premium (signed by Moshe Karaso)

Product:

Setup

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.12.12.1345

MD5:

9adc257531924d1429d4112de1cf03ca

SHA-1:

10e6cdfbc8948208bb9119824bb37e99c7568c2e

SHA-256:

2d00efe3c5dd9bbd69c494323f514b206baccca7082a11253a114cf538a8c936

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 11:53:16 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick.MosheKar.Installer (M)

16.4.1.7

File size:

299.1 KB (306,328 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfdownload.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Moshe Karaso

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/14/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/15/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Moshe Karaso, O=Moshe Karaso, STREET=Nahum 19, L=Ramat Gan, S=center, PostalCode=52233, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

55036D3C9B5C690240A409061736347F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/29/2012 8:03:49 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:ornClRH9Oy6tq6JczwsIiPGpKbIjlMa8PgM5F9NdQ7lIolxp:orn2RH9Oy6tNJ4wsnIjlMa8T5F9/Q7ek

Entry address:

0x14DB

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF... 
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Entropy:

7.9615

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://storagenl.info/.../?affiliate_id=eb2

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to r1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to c1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=115232660&publisher_id=152&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=345697980&external_id=0&session_id=691395960&hardware_id=806628620&installer_file_name=pdfdownload

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