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adsscannersetup.exe

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application adsscannersetup.exe by Pointstone Software 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl1.pointstone.com.
Publisher:
Pointstone Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a592b255107c0f2290b300cb6f2099f5

SHA-1:
378a99ead9c0093b2c815b5117db743f6720c3dc

SHA-256:
21fa01b37e09e0e3714f611baf5178f2157b58bc11b3276f7cc3f105263654b9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:13:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.P
14.5.2.16

File size:
861.2 KB (881,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

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

Serial number:
6A22BB97E19FF5ADFB20EE6464F9DEFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lsp4flkUXDY6M2fYAppZBgLPD3MbOsWvOArU:lsp4fuisSxgLzMbl8rU

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 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, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adsscannersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl1.pointstone.com/download/freeware/.../ADSScannerSetup.exe

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