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Setup

Artua Vladislav

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 setup.exe by Artua Vladislav 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 WebPick InstalleRex installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from premiumsoft.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Premium  (signed by Artua Vladislav)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2011.9.27.1604

MD5:
1217b12d46c36360f6b667cf24f4b0f6

SHA-1:
d883ec3fbd88f9a106e544b107914b345d81caac

SHA-256:
f43ce9017962c50b25bf89eb9aac0c6bfcb53b8d2d6ddd71c06828c4c25f71ec

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 11:23:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.ArtuaVla.Bundler (M)
16.6.25.6

File size:
214.6 KB (219,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Artua Vladislav

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/15/2011 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2012 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Artua Vladislav, O=Artua Vladislav, STREET=haRav Dangur 22, L=Bnei Braq, S=Israel, PostalCode=51281, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
302242B18FB354EA399140DBBA22B786

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2011 6:13:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ghrTBMQgbEPPba42E5X42rjwQOVCSvnPZUux5BSxw:ghrTBMQgA3O42E1wlhUu4xw

Entry address:
0x14AE

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 0A, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, DC, F5, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 00, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, EC, FD, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, B8, 33, 40, 00, E8, 77, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 04, 40, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, F7, 01, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 58, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 0F, 85, BC, 01, 00, 00, 81...
 
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Entropy:
7.9284

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://premiumsoft.info/.../

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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