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wither.exe

Anton Lemes

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application wither.exe, “Installer for Excellent4App” by Anton Lemes 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 (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from sharesuper.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Excellent4App  (signed by Anton Lemes)

Product:
Excellent4App

Description:
Installer for Excellent4App

Version:
2014.5.18.1727

MD5:
3a19bb041f1fa21c7fb06f34aae9f04f

SHA-1:
91238272381976f10b4cf56f71b94c670095d16d

SHA-256:
bcabb9413ad564f395a81ab28428080da1b712b99cc5c76e45d5841eec0ad37c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:54:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer (M)
16.2.13.2

File size:
315 KB (322,560 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Excellent4App

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Anton Lemes

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/20/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Anton Lemes, O=Anton Lemes, STREET=Observatornaya 33, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=04053, C=UA

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

Serial number:
7EE7F083BC628C9514088005E13BBEFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 9:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cr4bUzkuvcBYC47l2x9bpAJiqS1JDoU0/JleWvJ6AbJbkvIxBu4Ti3iQN:cr9kuveY3ImYZ15oU0/HtbJbkgXJGyQN

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://sharesuper.info/.../Wither.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=67311852&publisher_id=731&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=201935556&external_id=0&session_id=403871112&hardware_id=471182964&installer_file_name=wither

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