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vistastartmenu_setup_3_31_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_31_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:
3ecdff793551495609e9fc7c8a9f322e

SHA-1:
7ad643c137a9d4c34acbe5f96c82a4e454f565fd

SHA-256:
833d62d7bc7b558776fccc04e9fdfc7c14a03d33e44149358e96eb237d9a6d62

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:
4/26/2024 8:34:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.DennisNazarenko.Bundler (M)
15.8.17.17

File size:
2 MB (2,143,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installfiles\vistastartmenu_setup_3_31_freeware.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/2/2008 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/3/2009 1:59:59 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:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2009 9:29:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:QDdwmc5oYWLELrVwAnFKaCsnp6JapPly1HJYWo9yH9XklbM9ng:Aymc5os1wiF4sp6JapPlyJJYWo9ydXkV

Entry address:
0x163C4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, A4, 52, 41, 00, E8, F0, 02, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 89, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 45, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 18, AB, 41, 00, E8, F6, EC, FF, FF, E8, 01, E8, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 83, 86, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 74, D6, 41, 00, E8, BE, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 74, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9671

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file vistastartmenu_setup_3_31_freeware.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.vistastartmenu.com/VistaStartMenu_Setup_3_31_freeware.exe

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=26940062&publisher_id=694&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=80820186&external_id=0&session_id=161640372&hardware_id=188580434&installer_file_name=vistastartmenu_setup_3_31_freeware

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