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paint the town red.exe

Kesina

Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application paint the town red.exe, “Kesina Setup ” by Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bytesendclear.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Taneburuki (signed by Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o.)

Product:

Kesina

Description:

Kesina Setup

Version:

4.2.1.4

MD5:

266538d406453892ffe7228a8e9699a4

SHA-1:

24dc5da30274836ec0b68673ec6db01ca1486de3

SHA-256:

6630a53d281ef7f549f1be5f9c7a73497c62b555be377c32eb9c023bb4b45a84

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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

4/17/2024 11:25:31 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.3.16.3

File size:

1.2 MB (1,230,472 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.1

Stub

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\paint the town red.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o.

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

3/22/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/22/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o., OU=IT, O=Ringier Axel Springer Polska Sp z o.o., L=Warszawa, S=mazowieckie, C=PL

Issuer:

CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

181FB9B5EF884A0E4E8427089124D664

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file paint the town red.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.bytesendclear.com/Yhw0aSNbOHzflyf_ZwoxvfvOkm4rZ3pGbePXmyug0W_0R2VoU_f1VpucSjva2zgFc_N6iYEXCCr5gkWK3ScZvzEyDlvOS_C5jHWOAzKRa7rlaOy8YSVlWG4OX9TToOtFYWL8YFW7vkd15F05F7y27N2DzyfswXXdIiowfKeGJ9OYTg6vx9DpDRnoLew3kTjYbvGpCB5txNeojdxodeCXmwxSbIa4AF27mc1b2sGGRWGHuPvflHTToG_ShUPtdfiGK7bSQ2wsxUarn3J5d4156Ye_szdQOYVzgwQFuB4wOkQhU6Vz702nqez0FSk52PTaK6vvKvig8hzyD3nyip_hh5NtPfHNK6GyeE5oJdJyM1dnGmzg7BKur_YGfBy612sfUOHfMMgePMSTJf9EcylPcMLku1fy5YNWHfrdolIMdFSiNdXiIKeZKOIl45gNPzONRB1ZTuNPUgUFnPsQ6xwkJbQqeP7q1eyt1gmhgmECAoY5PUhGNU3g7TSg0kWIjoOKEWsbW06sGOtpRE7oHJiSDA0OiLdP8JG38B4vvaB9snkgKF5uVtEGk9zDbiyagIPEVm0y4CQx2TmH3NAMra_EsK6lFZZpCsZgig3AHdWs7GaP_wBBZcVtvXw6VIT5J93KVasBxFGH-G3MAAGRyWzENQvr7pp4nIgAbcOBUwosNBtswkVsJheezxobmSXsbaqEpdwnLFMzM0wIkSH5NS9fQghorOf86DSiC8vbdgUTJFpryoTYYWOiGmG8yf1nEOT9MzXvJyqFYs5OGAg==

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