winInstall.exe

Evgen Kugitko

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The file winInstall.exe by Evgen Kugitko has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Windows Install Engine  (signed by Evgen Kugitko)

Product:
Windows Install Engine

Version:
10.2.1.0

MD5:
98cc4d311b426d53c0d8863896f5b7ce

SHA-1:
9b8054afe50a98d6a4a20aa95ef6be67b553a9d1

SHA-256:
e38be60c3cdab097fde64a8762358dff11e9d8b8b7c48bb79fd7cd000258224f

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:
10/31/2024 10:16:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick (M)
17.2.19.0

File size:
751.2 KB (769,256 bytes)

Product version:
10.2.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2002 Windows Install Engine

Original file name:
winInstall.exe

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\trzbf9d.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/25/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Evgen Kugitko, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4179EA1BEC59D4CA7E66862832555480

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x1A7332

Entry point:
4D, 5A, 50, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 0F, 00, FF, FF, 00, 00, B8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 1A, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, BA, 10, 00, 0E, 1F, B4, 09, CD, 21, B8, 01, 4C, CD, 21, 90, 90, 54, 68, 69, 73, 20, 70, 72, 6F, 67, 72, 61, 6D, 20, 6D, 75, 73, 74, 20, 62, 65, 20, 72, 75, 6E, 20, 75, 6E, 64, 65, 72, 20, 57, 69, 6E, 33, 32, 0D, 0A, 24, 37, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
704.5 KB (721,408 bytes)

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