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M/s Children Code

The application prefetch.exe, “Setup Application” by M/s Children Code has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Setup Factory installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.doubleoptmedia.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DoubleOptMedia  (signed by M/s Children Code)

Product:
DoubleOptMedia

Description:
Setup Application

Version:
1.0.4.0

MD5:
bbf7203de079469c4962fcf6491a35c4

SHA-1:
a754ed7dd75c29c088c94fe8ea1411873b9b9528

SHA-256:
c8df0c94b0af3b69596d610965543ca28e93928626d55664c198698a5d8cf122

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:36:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1046

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1.0.20.425

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
8.14.03.26.07

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
11.2014-26-03_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
14.3.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
15.0.0.255

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.96d
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MsChildrenCode.I
14.4.7.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27620

File size:
6 MB (6,245,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.4.0

Copyright:
DoubleOptMedia Copyright ?1992-2012 DoubleOptMedia

Trademarks:
DoubleOptMedia is a trademark of DoubleOptMedia

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Setup Factory

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\prefetch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
M/s Children Code

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/10/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/10/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=M/s Children Code, O=M/s Children Code, STREET="Plot No. F-125,", STREET="Sector 74,", STREET="Industrial Area, Phase 8B", L=Mohali, S=Punjab, PostalCode=160071, C=IN

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

Serial number:
355CDFD525F643928F3A5700D87F0799

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2011 7:06:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:cVffkDbJ9Ded6uxcvlYGH7Qt5Qr+Uph6KwzEJ4s1MeXpwDTkrE5f1RuPqWuz2U2:cKDNRY6uGvSGH7QbnUpwzESyiT5ikyU2

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08...
 
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Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file prefetch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://downloads.doubleoptmedia.com/g8v2j.exe

http://113.171.224.210/.../g8v2j.exe

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