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socialtheme_5172014.exe

Brand Thunder LLC

The application socialtheme_5172014.exe by Brand Thunder 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ae0a71ed4d077f0a2af3f5d9a4b48a4d

SHA-1:
566f5f584d121e42bfe6b9e927699ef90a17b3cb

SHA-256:
6f9df8c46e38281210385e56d331005d22de87b1de1ed22f6ae8ed5375a66c2e

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:
4/26/2024 12:09:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder.Installer (M)
16.2.5.23

File size:
495.7 KB (507,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\55\socialtheme_5172014.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/18/2013 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/18/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Columbus, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
791A07FF9F5C100CAE981EC818D15D94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 3:50:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:kd/CrWvukSCWRzRKNp8Fs1ukSCwKNp8Fz:k0r8jS9dRKW6jSlKWz

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9356

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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