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w3.exe

Julian Pankratov

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 w3.exe by Julian Pankratov has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from world-downloads.info.
Publisher:
Julian Pankratov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1c5efd8404c3e0f74f82ad20094d595b

SHA-1:
898ef9b1d51ca2ab33348d550668649fa50ace75

SHA-256:
a616538440c23518d334d5a2ae91ba52a9e264c3bd55d094385a08ded1cf9704

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:46:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.JulianPankratov (M)
16.2.14.18

File size:
1.3 MB (1,386,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\w3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Julian Pankratov

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/14/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/15/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Julian Pankratov, O=Julian Pankratov, STREET=Gagarіna 11, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=02094, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D14C8CC7422B7B416198EEB359191765

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/29/2013 8:06:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vUavQvvOEnZeEhsM21nrRFsHmjQIQGlkCnHmi6cnTYsZLKUFXQi4HVrzLVfSKM:vUaYvmQem0BVFsGjQ8D6ZsZLKUFXQhr8

Entry address:
0x1189F

Entry point:
E8, ED, 40, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C0, 90, 42, 00, E8, 4B, 2A, 00, 00, E8, BA, 42, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 80, 40, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 32, 21, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8732  (probably packed)

Code size:
135 KB (138,240 bytes)

The file w3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://world-downloads.info/?e=wbn&prv=SearchNewTab&publisher=298&country=TH&ind=6845368844056959823&exid=0&ssd=1653722618564274318&hid=4608102361717904993&osid=601&channel=0&sfx=1&category_name=NewTab&install_date=20121114&ntab=http://.../

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