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tv.exe

Freemium GmbH

The application tv.exe by Freemium GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.tvexe.com.
Publisher:
Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c2bd95e5789c475a277d365df9b9eef

SHA-1:
43a49c823332a08adac045cd3d3991c00509876f

SHA-256:
696fe695dab9ef030b72df76ba0484093b7273a723fed8c446cb04278406d414

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:01:57 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Freemium.Bundler (M)
16.5.2.3

File size:
582 KB (595,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/29/2014 10:41:38 PM

Valid to:
12/29/2015 10:41:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Freemium GmbH, O=Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00FEAC9D237F1C5C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 10:05:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:f7EydAdFaHP7ka1l0KF0uq0cXutlzzFHLZ8vL6/dZoPZAsPycViEbVTZ:TDdAd0HIa1l0KF0uq0cXutRzFHLZZdZA

Entry address:
0x269FA

Entry point:
E8, A8, 74, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, F1, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 16, E8, C2, 14, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 66, 14, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 08, 77, 13, E8, A6, 14, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 4A, 14, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 75, 33, C9, 39, 5D, 10, 88, 1E, 0F, 95, C1, 41, 39, 4D, 08, 77, 09, E8, 83, 14, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, DB, 8B, 4D, 0C, 83, C1, FE, 83, F9, 22, 77, C9, 8B, CE, 39, 5D, 10, 74, 0B, 33, DB, 43, C6, 06, 2D, 8D, 4E, 01, F7, D8, 8B, F9...
 
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Entropy:
6.8380

Code size:
370 KB (378,880 bytes)

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

http://www.tvexe.com/tv.exe

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