pusha t - wrath of caine-2013-mixfiend.exe

Moshe Karaso

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application pusha t - wrath of caine-2013-mixfiend.exe, “Installer for SoftSafe” by Moshe Karaso has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
SoftSafe  (signed by Moshe Karaso)

Product:
SoftSafe

Description:
Installer for SoftSafe

Version:
2013.3.24.1715

MD5:
51a005ad72aab70e4af1a611528bbe99

SHA-1:
a8b61044eec6bebd7f437b385c1a78acae0246fd

SHA-256:
70ec60da8819e8a8bd5a7f5c47c6a4fddad9f60e1c1f7a2adfddee81324d1a61

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:29:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.InstallRex.2
5630541

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Generic
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.StartPage
2015.04.15

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallRex.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UZF [PUP]
2014.9-150414

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.P
2016.0.3139

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.InstallRex.2
1.0.20.520

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstalleRex.KG
21766

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1166
9.0.1.0104

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.InstallRex
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex.I potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstalleRex
4/14/2015

F-Prot
W32/AdInstall.D.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.InstallRex
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.16.10

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TDownloader
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15591

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2191

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstalleRex
v2015.04.14.06

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.562979
16.0.0.312

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.crfikt
0.30.16.1110

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.289784
14.07.04.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
15.04.14.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.AntiFW.B5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer
15.4.14.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.DL.Win32.AntiFW.a!1075355932
23.00.65.15412

Sophos
PUA 'InstallRex'
5.12

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.InstalleRex/Variant
9935

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4753027
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCloud.Win32.1
2.0.0.2139

File size:
282.8 KB (289,552 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 SoftSafe

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pusha t - wrath of caine-2013-mixfiend.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
3/12/2013 4:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Prkb9uEo2S1YnQmCX492DkwNP3qpYF6mYj4IEvKavM2xx0J30F/KTHJ4yWEI3:PrkRu6/eIo4eVIEvFM2KkZKTph0

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:
7.9514

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file pusha t - wrath of caine-2013-mixfiend.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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

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

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