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Topic Bridge

The application app.exe by Topic Bridge has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from service.downloadadmin.com a web site host known to distribute potentially unwanted software operated by Download Admin.
Publisher:
Safe Advanced Installer  (signed by Topic Bridge)

Product:
Safe Advanced Installer

Version:
45.5.7.2011

MD5:
6912e9c66aba65b653232be670f618a5

SHA-1:
816ece93622a36745b986cba5acc9784bcbc20f2

SHA-256:
783a6bcdf43d4088af17d16ad4403b0970636dad13375520f0f676c7dbd1c5d8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:01:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.TopicBri.Installer (M)
16.6.1.23

File size:
878.9 KB (899,960 bytes)

Product version:
45.5.7.2011

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\app.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Topic Bridge

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/31/2015 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Topic Bridge, O=Topic Bridge, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5EB8A58601B8FC4D1BBCDB6CE5FB4850

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2014 10:39:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:S5KCL3QiLPlRojWo4mpOqChegeURfhr9+EtZU+b2xdSPo:tCL3/roWmIeURTZxb2J

Entry address:
0xD1EE

Entry point:
E8, 40, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 70, A2, 44, 00, 89, 0D, 6C, A2, 44, 00, 89, 15, 68, A2, 44, 00, 89, 1D, 64, A2, 44, 00, 89, 35, 60, A2, 44, 00, 89, 3D, 5C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 88, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 7C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 58, A2, 44, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9610  (probably packed)

Code size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

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

http://service.downloadadmin.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191729&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=fw35_728x90displaytier35128770&c=fw35&country=US&variation=cpl-run&osName=Windows&osVersion=8&browserName=Chrome&browserVersion=44&secure=true&productKey=at3ofpzwb4ow7nz6hbjkmbkwltg6zgsj

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