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ae8c9d8.exe

Georgi Georgiev

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application ae8c9d8.exe by Georgi Georgiev has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.nansq.info.
Publisher:
Georgi Georgiev  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c08d02cbb9f8599d61073afc18450af3

SHA-1:
2f098384f2ef7b9c3bea2c80755988b3ce354e83

SHA-256:
8e014107de79ce32dac4511311adef11018be568805248a9004ab865dabcad6c

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:
12/28/2024 11:48:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.10.16.7

File size:
1.1 MB (1,162,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\ae8c9d8.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Georgi Georgiev

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/6/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Georgi Georgiev, O=Georgi Georgiev, STREET="4 Petar Stoinov Str., Chelopechene", L=Sofia, S=Sofia, PostalCode=1617, C=BG

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

Serial number:
50E7161B35AEFC4CA801C951BEF0279A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2015 2:53:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+r2twI9faKvyNhXCV4E8BXAfrnkcAqU0AvO1Vz6cvlYrJ:+r2twIIKv+hyz8grnkQfd1VzLSrJ

Entry address:
0x11DBA

Entry point:
E8, AA, 73, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, B4, 0E, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, A0, E4, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 26, 74, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 34, E5, 42, 00, E8, 1E, 75, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, BD, FF, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 5C, 75, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 85, F6...
 
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Entropy:
6.8873

Code size:
180 KB (184,320 bytes)

The file ae8c9d8.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.nansq.info/.../ae8c9d8.exe

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