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protect-exe-0-6-beta.exe

OCSClient

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application protect-exe-0-6-beta.exe by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.download-sponsor.de.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
0356908a5012bae3c3bf139eaf3d93d6

SHA-1:
46fbe6b3f2ce18f3687de85ea85e31b62931d27c

SHA-256:
11c8b6e3ec352bfc45f6151c6fa26b4cf1d14dcadac0ec497f6e8a42b9088387

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:44:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Covus.Bundler
17.2.25.17

File size:
600.4 KB (614,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\protect-exe-0-6-beta.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/26/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Str. 66, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
360BEAFE1EBBCC59FBA31179BE3192C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2013 1:28:37 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1620

Entry point:
68, 08, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, EF, 4E, 90, D9, AA, 0A, CD, 43, 91, 50, 46, 79, E4, 37, D4, 82, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 6E, 64, 72, 65, 5C, 44, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 23, 5A, 55, 3A, 3C, E0, 07, 47, B3, 35, 82, 3C, 05, 78, AE, A7, 47, FF, BF, 0B, 62, DE, 67, 44, A8, 40, C9, 76, C0, F9, 23, 95, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

The file protect-exe-0-6-beta.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://secure.download-sponsor.de/?lastchange=a28dcff9f14e0a6e5299df8cebb75377&showThankyou=1&pid=dcude&cid=597302&camps=&campsel=&euid=8421da5f229d6878185ddbfc&utm_source=undefined&utm_medium=undefined&utm_campaign=undefined&source=de

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