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vistastartmenu_setup_3_01_freeware.exe

Vista Start Menu

Dennis Nazarenko

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 vistastartmenu_setup_3_01_freeware.exe, “Vista Start Menu Setup ” by Dennis Nazarenko 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 WebPick InstalleRex installer.
Publisher:
OrdinarySoft   (signed by Dennis Nazarenko)

Product:
Vista Start Menu

Description:
Vista Start Menu Setup

MD5:
cc8adff1fa33bd94abf079d581300f0f

SHA-1:
5fb394aab0703c44299cb3b496b3998e13c1b637

SHA-256:
bff2d48ad74bb000699289a63627ef41d084702cbde8c60177f27cc049a102f6

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 3:11:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.DennisNazarenko.Bundler (M)
16.2.3.12

File size:
2.2 MB (2,288,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vistastartmenu_setup_3_01_freeware.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/2/2007 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/2/2008 10:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dennis Nazarenko, O=Dennis Nazarenko, POBox=15A, STREET=Jovtneva 7A, L=Vishneve, S=Kievskaya, PostalCode=08132, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00DBE65D78CE895A82ADCC70F584A6A0BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:m2Rab7EA0pFTPloMJvPMxangfguNO80P7BRJeNVYkefD2yNiLYzM0EZ5k:fRtRFTGJag4uf0tKVxefD2y4Yz2Xk

Entry address:
0x9A58

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 6E, 96, FF, FF, E8, 75, A8, FF, FF, E8, A0, CA, FF, FF, E8, E7, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 0B, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, D4, A0, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, AC, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 1F, 97, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9943

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36.5 KB (37,376 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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