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plex.exe

The application plex.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.appfindr.org.
MD5:
b24ffc34b1aa20eb3a7c92e0b0c989b2

SHA-1:
47d1125a30800f8aa6da05d7fba22c6e9333c350

SHA-256:
75300dc41d51287e92f9e22d9c42251398836faa3d44bff7a294b8a699b46344

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:19:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160116

AVG
MultiBundle
2017.0.2862

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownWare.AO potentially unwanted
10.12175

McAfee
Artemis!B24FFC34B1AA
5600.6518

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9382

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

File size:
261.2 KB (267,451 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2014 11:10:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:rkZ5nnnnngAKPDGgwmOE+f11oicy+KNay1EYAZ:2nnnnnSg9TkKYyW

Entry address:
0x3350

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, 73, 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, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 3B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1326

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://www.appfindr.org/en/.../download.php

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