xemmihgl.exe

Pinery Limited

The file xemmihgl.exe by Pinery Limited 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. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from freetorrentdownloader.com.
Publisher:
Pinery Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d91c2a9177d20612be90c31de93cd7d2

SHA-1:
001bb846f86b83b6cf68d1fbfa5af710d1de7e57

SHA-256:
b0139d04833bf2c6e0c5f8aeba7419b1cc3a0c39c48a5172054d667921357f22

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:24:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150615

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0166

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11743

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar.A
v2015.06.15.09

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.czvfwp
0.30.24.1636

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40872

File size:
2.2 MB (2,256,448 bytes)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\xemmihgl.exe.part

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/12/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pinery Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pinery Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

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:
5C8F23466BD6EAC6557578D966401B3D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gSeSVO8xigDG85Gm0bdEHtaUrPVKaeVcohUf8sts3nEQ2Uo/ESs1sDABPS5:gh0HgMG88FpkZPVKaTEwsTvCEVXBPC

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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Entropy:
7.9901

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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