saveas.exe

Setup

Itzhak Shternberg

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 saveas.exe by Itzhak Shternberg has been detected as adware by 17 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:
Premium  (signed by Itzhak Shternberg)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2012.11.8.1120

MD5:
1802a21581c8c3f31b156fdcce304789

SHA-1:
c925b051323323721fe6d94af46af87477adff32

SHA-256:
44997ee384169d84b186bc587050dcbf6dc1e552bf76f63474e0ea2b0aae6196

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/19/2024 9:06:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstalleRex
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallRex.Gen
7.11.141.56

avast!
Win32:InstalleRex-AW [PUP]
2014.9-140510

AVG
MalSign.Skodna
2015.0.3479

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Bundledz.C
18046

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.448
9.0.1.0130

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex
8.9636

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.5.10.3

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.ctkpjt
0.28.0.58873

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
14.05.10.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ItzhakShternberg.G
14.3.31.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallRex!1.9E4C
23.00.65.14508

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.aDQSBaD
37.0.10856

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28012

File size:
294.4 KB (301,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\saveas.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/8/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/9/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Itzhak Shternberg, O=Itzhak Shternberg, STREET=Belkind 2, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=62154, C=IL

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

Serial number:
009DFDC7DD83734FFB61F158A9759A6F69

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/1/2012 10:51:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QQEn9aA+NXagZei5DtsUAIkhZIK5jEgVtdwFBnzsQP6A1J1EqGZ:QQW9alagZp9ieNjnIgOJ

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file saveas.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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