pidgin-2.10.9.exe

Pidgin

Daniel Atallah

This is a self-extracting archive and installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Daniel Atallah  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pidgin

Description:
Pidgin Installer

Version:
2.10.9

MD5:
416760434018ccd26665079b3bb17b0b

SHA-1:
205deea84016e30d64f89b1b5eafeed644c3b43c

SHA-256:
2f41071439efcc977cc75a56eea48abc984c35ffed7cb4c3943bfb6814063ff3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 12:57:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.141A9A33!337287731
23.00.65.14210

File size:
9.1 MB (9,581,136 bytes)

Product version:
2.10.9

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pidgin-2.10.9.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
StartCom Ltd.

Valid from:
9/19/2012 1:48:58 AM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 3:56:51 PM

Subject:
E=datallah@pidgin.im, CN=Daniel Atallah, L=Holland, S=Michigan, C=US, Description=FWg32Q3ZaA4V01lM

Issuer:
CN=StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA, OU=Secure Digital Certificate Signing, O=StartCom Ltd., C=IL

Serial number:
075E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:WWkt77xILN68I+373J9Tu5EzZswbqK7waxrnVMD6kgpwLpcf8Io2pzCYwxF2p3sk:It7lIY8l37roEAjaxOOkgaLpc5Tp3X2a

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, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9995  (probably packed)

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file pidgin-2.10.9.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Pidgin  by Pidgin
Publisher's description - “Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.”
sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin
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The file pidgin-2.10.9.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 28 URLs.

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/82/20/.../pidgin-2.10.9.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to sf.mirror.iweb.ca  (70.38.0.134:80)

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