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windows-start-menu-vistart.exe

ViStart

Lee-Soft.com

The application windows-start-menu-vistart.exe, “A utility to simulate the Windows 7 Start Menu for XP” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from lee-soft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Lee-Soft.com

Product:
ViStart

Description:
A utility to simulate the Windows 7 Start Menu for XP

Version:
8.1.0.5077

MD5:
af0c53fffdb41d20b96b617c94c08818

SHA-1:
f0d03741047c9348eab32ecafd4f0069ef611b00

SHA-256:
140b72d7ea6dc229519fdf39b5955296681d8ca709c114769b21e2861497c9f1

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:57:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17478

Malwarebytes
Adware.Bundler
v2013.12.24.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.141A217B!337256827
23.00.65.131222

Sophos
Lee-Soft ViStart Installer
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH0AIG13
7.2.20

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
1.2 MB (1,207,605 bytes)

Product version:
8.1.0.5077

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows-start-menu-vistart.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:69wNJy25SXZG+ZB6bEp8z9ZEuhm8uIlIeOHKOh6jgYkGzNs:69i5SpV76bEub1iIlItbh2a

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file windows-start-menu-vistart.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://lee-soft.com/vistart/.../windows-start-menu-vistart.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/12/96/93/.../windows-start-menu-vistart.exe

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