wellcard_installer_1.7.15.exe

Retail Benefits Inc

The application wellcard_installer_1.7.15.exe by Retail Benefits Inc 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from wellcard.retailbenefits.com.
Publisher:
Retail Benefits Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c07be380f8e3bac44f63a55c63173b8c

SHA-1:
65a9da29223fea0fee46d2eb5cc759b49e98c43c

SHA-256:
6f81ab98d1ce5bc6d536c04a9fa48b9184042acfc81763e776d2a3088c8b4635

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:
4/19/2024 3:44:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.24.9

File size:
536.9 KB (549,752 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wellcard_installer_1.7.15.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/7/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Retail Benefits Inc, O=Retail Benefits Inc, STREET=9403 Caserta St, STREET=9403 Caserta St, L=Lake Worth, S=Florida, PostalCode=33467, C=US

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

Serial number:
0095AD86E4BF930709DD8BD19967F69439

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9585

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file wellcard_installer_1.7.15.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://wellcard.retailbenefits.com/download?bid=925&cid=1&uid=28132&src=w&email=jam@vongahlen.com&os=w&uvid=5eb1f6441197263c6862afdfaabda054

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