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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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from service.downloadadmin.com a known adware distribution point operated by Download Admin.
Publisher:
Safe Advanced Installer  (signed by Topic Bridge)

Product:
Safe Advanced Installer

Version:
45.5.7.2011

MD5:
a9456b6b11034e432caf3a84eea79d5a

SHA-1:
edf8657d9e29c377d1b869f31bd9ec731eed77a3

SHA-256:
e418c43c868f48ba41397157bfbb304ff18cd22549021518862cca9ff86e34a7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:40:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.TopicBri.Installer (M)
16.6.16.7

File size:
878.9 KB (899,984 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 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 5:29:59 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:
8/15/2014 12:01:01 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:bunq5xEtSgnerUVPKL2cnOwJGo8k7RBsu0Fo9zAcSTJz:qlirUVPAOwsobsezARTJ

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, 60, A2, 44, 00, 89, 0D, 5C, A2, 44, 00, 89, 15, 58, A2, 44, 00, 89, 1D, 54, A2, 44, 00, 89, 35, 50, A2, 44, 00, 89, 3D, 4C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 78, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 6C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 48, A2, 44, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9604  (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=Informer_Fwint_Desc300x250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=US&variation=cpl-run&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=Chrome&browserVersion=40&secure=true&productKey=lwupog4vr2puz75kkvzjzeq5pvyfh3oa

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