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sockshare.exe

Sergey Petrov

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application sockshare.exe by Sergey Petrov has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from toolkitfreefast.com.
Publisher:
Sergey Petrov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
31cfdef2c5b6c0cbcfbb0c670b18b952

SHA-1:
655ff02ee7a293348648d638b62315e820aecdd6

SHA-256:
fe45c1cfe6f4e0340070abf6c00944806f953840bbca0d595315794034c5e908

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 5:43:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.8.1.19

File size:
317.2 KB (324,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sergey Petrov

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/20/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/21/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sergey Petrov, O=Sergey Petrov, STREET=Gaydara 13, L=Kyev, S=Kyev, PostalCode=01033, C=UA

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

Serial number:
0AD084E865D27CD546D21DB6EDF89D48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2014 3:58:19 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:i40W7UXPpy1t5WfTAr9mbwJXOctWN5oZXuC+liAxprQZ5:v0W7UXPp4t5O+9mbw/uC+YAxFQZ5

Entry address:
0x1AC11

Entry point:
E8, 27, 80, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 9C, D5, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, D2, 81, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, FC, 27, 43, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 4D, 08, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0D, F6, 00, 10, 74, 08, 8B, 01, 8B, 40, FC, 8B, 40, 18, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 45, FC, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, F4, 10, 43, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F...
 
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Entropy:
5.9365

Code size:
188.5 KB (193,024 bytes)

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

http://toolkitfreefast.com/v2783

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