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wordshark-setup-1.10.0.19.exe

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The application wordshark-setup-1.10.0.19.exe by Word Shark 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1bhjyn5egdo5d.cloudfront.net. While running, it connects to the Internet address a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
WS  (signed by Word Shark)

Product:
WS

Description:
WS Setup

Version:
1.10.0.19

MD5:
4ee8c0fb1cbe28a0dc434d77f1c604a7

SHA-1:
acf437f6fe9b37d94a224086d1bb01c3509f8790

SHA-256:
a1cb7b175da0acdc83dca5973d26aa5e4eae5a6d1e0e8e361953c2c49632e192

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/26/2024 2:36:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3070

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Vitruvian
4.0.3.15623

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.1108
9.0.1.0174

ESET NOD32
Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11827

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WordShark.A
v2015.06.23.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

File size:
1.1 MB (1,190,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.0.19

Copyright:
(c) 2015 WS

Original file name:
wordshark-setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\wordshark-setup-1.10.0.19.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Word Shark

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2015 1:07:42 PM

Valid to:
5/22/2017 1:07:42 PM

Subject:
E=support@wordsharkapp.com, CN=Word Shark, O=Word Shark, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112198EB233B90E5F1DCEFA56D0BCF72B66C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+rXOrXuXB/W/7I2pbHn+rIOng/Kodwt/1IfpVI2MS44Nl4n:+rmwQ7I2Nnu9MdwShaeN

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8247

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file wordshark-setup-1.10.0.19.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d1bhjyn5egdo5d.cloudfront.net/.../wordshark-setup-1.10.0.19.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-84-169-1.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.84.169.1:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-250-90.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.250.90:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net  (72.167.239.239:80)

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