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Samsung-Kies.exe

NextRadioTV

The application Samsung-Kies.exe by NextRadioTV has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdnus.ironcdn.com.
Publisher:
NextRadioTV  (signed and verified)

MD5:
74865252d95a5f5cf5f99eba21fcee54

SHA-1:
6613fa292fd7615464a862410d50133a240e8795

SHA-256:
0edc28d84e233d88f3d1fec626bcc30bd1423cb35cb0e6ab14445b9ef53fd7be

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer is a co-bundle distribution utility that might contain adware or various unwanted programs. While the software it is providing is typically clean, the donwload manager offers could be classified as unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 10:05:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2013.12.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.121.92

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.131220

Bkav FE
W32.Clodd29.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.Agent.~A
17420

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.80
9.0.1.0240

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.AMN
8.14.02.14.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AZ (variant)
7.9190

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.W.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of MSN-2012.exe (Adware)
2013.12.20.17

IKARUS anti.virus
SoftwareBundler
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10439

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2013.11.26.06

McAfee
Artemis!19EF503B0319
5600.7275

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.165.247.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NextRadioTV.M
14.3.1.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.131209

Sophos
InstallCore ToDownload
4.95

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OIP13
7.2.330

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OIP13
10.465.26

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
24658

File size:
1.2 MB (1,210,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\samsung-kies.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NextRadioTV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/5/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/6/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=NextRadioTV, O=NextRadioTV, STREET=12 rue d Oradour sur Glane, L=Paris, S=IDF, PostalCode=75015, C=FR

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

Serial number:
00F6B0E6D7739316BE77DBC3CE3EF38235

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9nORlxTZmrAvlrUcg4XWJ2rOJyDMSMLM:9nyFmrAvvgWWJ2rOJy0

Entry address:
0xD67A0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 3C, E6, 41, 00, E8, 79, EC, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7421

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
869.5 KB (890,368 bytes)

The file Samsung-Kies.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdnus.ironcdn.com/.../Samsung-Kies.exe

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