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vistastartmenu_setup_3_1_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_1_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:
fbcf0da604da2619713c078d667a2950

SHA-1:
2f8fac70f03b1f0a2389ac98eaeb54477e661050

SHA-256:
cca0915f40a4ab8c446fbc98a368f9a0b38c324a7eb30c5f8935b561ee538ffc

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:08:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.DennisNazarenko.Bundler (M)
15.11.2.1

File size:
2.2 MB (2,305,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

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:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:r2RrEDTvYnikFys5GnnsP0P7BRJeNVYkefD2yNiL7u55+:iRADTvYnZRG20tKVxefD2y478+

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:
7.9945

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 communications in live environments.

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=32825014&publisher_id=282&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=98475042&external_id=0&session_id=196950084&hardware_id=229775098&installer_file_name=vistastartmenu_setup_3_1_freeware

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