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ws.exe

InstallBrain Installer

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application ws.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
InstallBrain  (signed by WhiteSmoke Inc)

Product:
InstallBrain Installer

Description:
Install Module

Version:
11,6,20,2

MD5:
4046842c1df3583cb08564bb084b70b1

SHA-1:
701290f3ef3bbd4d8bd0cb7a38b511cbc1e41698

SHA-256:
ca45c3db371bbbea9ea50d3a3d58d529c532ffb2aa07e6f083eebf4f173057c4

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:
4/25/2024 1:20:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WhiteSmoke (M)
16.10.25.18

File size:
445.8 KB (456,528 bytes)

Product version:
11,6,20,2

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Trademarks:
InstallBrain

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\ws.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WhiteSmoke Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/28/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/7/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=R&D, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

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:
64048D72F9FFEF12A43FC4F4CEA580E3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2011 11:21:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yBvU6sQV7fTkOL1wwOb/STmGQifLvaF7byRllSOvim9JxUJyGcpupLH5iW71GJaL:G5sQV7xxd8xMvaF72lfq3VLH5iWqaNZ

Entry address:
0x1820D

Entry point:
E8, 21, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 04, A0, 42, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, E9, 4A, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 94, 83, 41, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9...
 
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Entropy:
7.6066

Code size:
127.5 KB (130,560 bytes)

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