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aspongebobeaster.exe

WebDevAZ Inc

The application aspongebobeaster.exe by WebDevAZ Inc 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 www.ezthemes.com.
Publisher:
WebDevAZ Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b9c2b48c46f6ba071401302ebab83d64

SHA-1:
3b3ee0429042c775f2cbaa44da772c0ad34a7bf0

SHA-256:
fb2663d144ca35282423df1a2d3e4c5ce8e9185d795cb4bb435c569ebad8ee6e

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:
11/23/2024 5:04:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebDevAZ.Installer (M)
15.12.29.3

File size:
262.6 KB (268,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebDevAZ Inc

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/2/2013 7:13:41 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2014 11:18:51 AM

Subject:
E=support@webdevaz.com, CN=WebDevAZ Inc, O=WebDevAZ Inc, L=Arizona, S=AZ, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11210D4F0A1461D5BF7277577F757230669A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:PQqWpMjDe9NVS2F+bKN2ja89j2BWPV4pxQo:cpMja9NjJNp8F2BGV4bQo

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9276

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://www.ezthemes.com/site_tempfiles/ezthemes/b1/.../aspongebobeaster.exe

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