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APPsolute Technology Inc.

The application sysfiles.exe by APPsolute Technology has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from healthcaregovtool.com.
Publisher:
APPsolute Technology Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0b384f0706c534f9bf2b09d320e5a016

SHA-1:
18a8330c463e07e4a5c58ef2e811de1d3c9a99f0

SHA-256:
66961a54285a34d62a9c84b197613597ecdc1fce9b9536c51b77436f33bd5bc9

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 9:47:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6979

Dr.Web
Adware.Superfish.227
9.0.1.0245

ESET NOD32
Win32/RiskWare.Komodia (variant)
9.12191

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller
v2015.09.02.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.APPsoluteTechnology.Installer (M)
15.9.2.23

File size:
4.7 MB (4,959,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APPsolute Technology Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=APPsolute Technology Inc., O=APPsolute Technology Inc., L=Marshfield, S=Wisconsin, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3D511A783C926067341FAC786A6CAF35

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:H+9xlyKMqrmEyLVJr5YJXf8ojYmAdSeU:kZC5BojYmAM

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://healthcaregovtool.com/hci/.../SmartUploader.exe

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