resetbrowsers.exe

Freshy

This is a component of the Tightrope WebInstall, a setup program that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application resetbrowsers.exe by Freshy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from 123.briian.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Freshy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
017b447999cc29495a3ead9ab0f05d91

SHA-1:
42314aaaa76887b75234a4d492a9133bed4e1bac

SHA-256:
5dc3ce884670b682411e5d36e98e305a00a680af55887a78f4fdcb224dd826cb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 1:08:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Freshy.N
14.9.22.1

File size:
107.9 KB (110,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\resetbrowsers.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2011 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2013 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Freshy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Freshy, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3FE2E83B02F14E8E282304CFC46C3524

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/19/2012 8:08:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:M+rpMR4vGNdQMZamHisRDesobh7BvXSdV3KVh2mS59SiPn2NEDnopEkyyZU9qZU8:M+zGN6MZaY2bh9PS330xGp/3jyp2O

Entry address:
0x2ECC

Entry point:
E8, CE, 2B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, EC, 90, 40, 00, 57, FF, 35, 08, EB, 40, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 04, EB, 40, 00, 8B, D8, 89, 5D, FC, FF, D6, 8B, F0, 3B, F3, 0F, 82, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FE, 2B, FB, 8D, 47, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 75, 53, E8, 03, 2D, 00, 00, 8B, D8, 8D, 47, 04, 59, 3B, D8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, D8, 73, 02, 8B, C3, 03, C3, 3B, C3, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, 91, 2C, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 43, 10, 3B, C3, 72, 3E, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.7007

Code size:
31.5 KB (32,256 bytes)

The file resetbrowsers.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://123.briian.com/forum.php?mod=attachment&aid=MjUyOXw1NmZkNzEzN3wxNDc4MjYzNzc1fDB8ODA3

http://123.briian.com/forum.php?mod=attachment&aid=MjUyOXwxMTU5YTAxOHwxNDA4Njk3MDYzfDB8ODA3

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