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rtorrentsetup.exe

Mediaclick

The application rtorrentsetup.exe by Mediaclick 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cfile6.uf.tistory.com.
Publisher:
Mediaclick  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1f4123ab8833ea930513ec402a2865ca

SHA-1:
aff7eb34ff1420276e23f07f8fee5f6f70b6f770

SHA-256:
ad8d16fcbb5e75807c3eb57b5ad1549d782cb9d20cd1226eba0dd9000b9f6e4d

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:
7/7/2025 4:15:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.18.12

File size:
2.4 MB (2,528,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\rtorrentsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mediaclick

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
3/3/2010 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/4/2011 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mediaclick, O=Mediaclick, L=Gangnam-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
4995688FF6DA3C9BEAA792BB26023CA2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 7:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9866

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cfile6.uf.tistory.com/.../0362BE4B50EB69BC098156

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