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wrar501.exe

WinRAR

Sevas-S LLC

The application wrar501.exe by Sevas-S has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.joydownload.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Sevas-S LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
WinRAR

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
bdda4da3cb35c0156ad9d6a9c6972bcd

SHA-1:
b4594d5e96a2b6df92d4d8e5d00b8a35f4537f3f

SHA-256:
b5789a398ccaa819a72664749107387ec5f2d95552e33cd50d8819b620164f26

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:11:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3523

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1446
9.0.1.086

ESET NOD32
Win32/JoyDownloader
8.9594

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.03.27.07

McAfee
Artemis!BDDA4DA3CB35
5600.7179

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SevasS.H
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14325

VIPRE Antivirus
Sevas-S Installer
27744

File size:
473.4 KB (484,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wrar501.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sevas-S LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/23/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sevas-S LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sevas-S LLC, L=Kyiv, S=Kyivska oblast, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
527471E53862E2F90AB45ED4ACB8F4C2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2013 2:52:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:naCn7PvFhjs17FEUDTTup+Ts9PJYz5jtNcB+/TRfYnA:xn73Fhm7FjDHuzJYz5jtXTBYnA

Entry address:
0x31B1

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 92, 42, 00, E8, 90, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 58, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, C0, 92, 40, 00, 68, A0, 81, 42, 00, E8, FB, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, E9, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8861

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file wrar501.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/f35e934017d0712bb137a7f0020f483a/1/3/1/.../wrar501.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/kSD_AHmaDUPk-lDuenWyxw/1395713344/1/3/1/.../wrar501.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/9e4bfb1756a51dbe43d57a563ae3b2dc/1/3/1/.../wrar501.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/bcacb7112c1bfdec8ff455b71e4243a0/1/3/1/.../wrar501.exe

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