setup{52b9ba94-f40a-4915-a78b-e6df46ba9a32}.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application setup{52b9ba94-f40a-4915-a78b-e6df46ba9a32}.exe by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
UpdaterResponse  (signed by Big Water Applications, LLC)

Product:
UpdaterResponse

Version:
3, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
83bc835de8c10fbcca0fc3d1a1a442f4

SHA-1:
611e0337368636dec375cf296e9bdb1f6ef4136e

SHA-256:
4e67fc66f252e91c00b319d1bd71bb5bd9ee48e22c2eb5aa0701da45fa31a6d0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:19:25 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.BigWaterApplications.Installer (M)
16.1.8.11

File size:
1.4 MB (1,481,832 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
response.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup{52b9ba94-f40a-4915-a78b-e6df46ba9a32}.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

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

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2014 6:34:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Gg0R5uSJ5c6/qWdMiW/ew5lSQ/UBhxpdEbqJOOxqvV3fj5jGIEbrhhQQiGg1Y:9o5ua5XWmw5llSpWbqJOuqvl8IEbQQiA

Entry address:
0xE5E02

Entry point:
E8, BD, 0E, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 8B, 4C...
 
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Entropy:
6.5104

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,138,176 bytes)