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pn30lous.exe

Compute Client

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application pn30lous.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Compute Client 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.2-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Compute Client)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
403e61b453c4adc5253311dd8a0d4149

SHA-1:
378aa3ff13823673f85a4763645161779bb330d8

SHA-256:
ecd15ef7d21aa77714866cc34cf9c10ba42a93949418a601cb79c4d44ad5d291

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:59:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ComputeClient.I
14.9.9.19

File size:
77.9 KB (79,736 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pn30lous.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compute Client

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Compute Client, O=Compute Client, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
26B6A2E42157A5020CF75500730F2CF3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/19/2014 4:22:37 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:AsInFDSzheMsLVnA3E7FSdL0ageXwCPBSvOKRurqA/zV21uQrP+iZG4g8VpOo8lp:3InF11hAdLfgouOKRDCYsQrP+cV+z

Entry address:
0x728D

Entry point:
E8, 46, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 38, A2, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 34, A2, 40, 00, 89, 15, 30, A2, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 2C, A2, 40, 00, 89, 35, 28, A2, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 24, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 50, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 44, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 20, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 1C, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 18, A2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 14, A2, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 48, A2, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 3C, A2, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 40, A2, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 4C, A2, 40...
 
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Entropy:
5.9951

Code size:
27.5 KB (28,160 bytes)

The file pn30lous.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://secure.2-pn-installer.com/o/.../pn30lous.exe

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