acehtmlfreeware.exe

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application acehtmlfreeware.exe by Visicom Media 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0b323c5c115fd17f2441925f555d6667

SHA-1:
013ee441dbb596f48e29aa7827c6bcf97f383405

SHA-256:
abe4ed8d908026affefe3598143576569d9fc352347ce0b8665c306a78d47dba

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/14/2024 3:19:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom (M)
16.7.21.19

File size:
8.9 MB (9,338,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\acehtmlfreeware.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/19/2007 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2008 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
53647B50983ED1EB11C279CB398C2CA4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/29/2008 5:14:03 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:ayONhmbAjrnIeQNcinrid1CsciNddBL5i9ph0KA5EARiEZlW3B+s:fberIeQN9JoddB52S9/oB+s

Entry address:
0x30B4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 58, 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, 3F, 42, 00, E8, E1, 2A, 00, 00, A3, 64, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 28, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, 36, 42, 00, E8, 98, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 86, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9982

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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