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skype.exe

Secucharge, S.L.

The application skype.exe by Secucharge, S.L 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ds89473-1360715284.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Secucharge, S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
655d0b42d48d55d96dfa535bf40a34c6

SHA-1:
21b9ff84ab00845fe1c75f8cf58e5057ee1fa4e4

SHA-256:
1c9927af0fceac7aa43b9c3f7b593fb950e000ec17e9a6059863c410138811b6

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.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 9:24:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Secucharge.Installer (M)
16.1.27.3

File size:
174.1 KB (178,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secucharge, S.L.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
10/1/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/6/2014 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN="Secucharge, S.L.", O="Secucharge, S.L.", L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
04879D4F17A338516ACC251400A83768

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/5BuYAVrgUCPnMC6uxcUuL74Uf2dZZDv6/ZSVkX5SEvrGoNtSh:/50gUCEtuxc/422d/U47ErG06

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

http://ds89473-1360715284.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com/download/.../skype

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