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saveas.sa.exe

Downloader Helper 2.0

Catalina Group Limited

The application saveas.sa.exe by Catalina Group Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.adshost2.com.
Publisher:
Catalina Group Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
Downloader Helper 2.0

Version:
2, 1, 5, 0

MD5:
e8a1e6d8e9dfd69a23410e552531273b

SHA-1:
8a8835283066a6ec1870f7ab8eecc4f561d17654

SHA-256:
1af9fe9b42161e602032264767a11aef3b43c2962422cd9127a1bf3048618c44

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/18/2024 8:43:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Catalina (M)
16.7.10.15

File size:
1.2 MB (1,299,624 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 5, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
Downloader Helper 2.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catalina Group Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/27/2012 4:56:54 AM

Valid to:
9/27/2013 4:56:54 AM

Subject:
CN=Catalina Group Limited, O=Catalina Group Limited, L=Kwun Tong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27B940A1704DC9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2013 3:39:05 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:c3Q7qKvzuei/bc6EGn5u5TtyJ8adjCzjyhhcDkPQcKiwMH5yUKc5thLfrXa7sjyZ:XGSzur/bc6/nRJ/aOheDkPQcKiwMH5y1

Entry address:
0xB2E0

Entry point:
E8, 88, 43, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41, FE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8514  (probably packed)

Code size:
95.5 KB (97,792 bytes)

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

http://www.adshost2.com/cr?b=25234&p=5268&ch=&c=10178&l=SA&h=5f398554ee28d831e206f13e0d0aeb5a&t=1377815618775&u=http://download-faster.net/smart-download/11966/.../SaveAs.sa.exe

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