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assistant_v3.exe

The application assistant_v3.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from i1.installbox1.info and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
6a6b940d65aaf36697bb378fcc4292b8

SHA-1:
6ad093fe5072748e4d023b0f6b0dfe1789b0cb7f

SHA-256:
02e7720ff6ce0a57eef3a405b9d9dd8099dae32a2f0c56e5093d8fef18117332

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:38:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
NSIS:SProtector-A [PUP]
2014.9-131226

AVG
Sprotect.B
2014.0.3613

Dr.Web
Adware.BGuard.9
9.0.1.0360

ESET NOD32
Win32/SProtector (variant)
7.8707

McAfee
Artemis!6A6B940D65AA
5600.7269

MicroWorld eScan
Win32/SProtector.A
14.0.0.1080

Sophos
Generic PUA GK
4.91

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01G413
7.2.360

Vba32 AntiVirus
Backdoor.Hupigon
3.12.22.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
20696

File size:
1.5 MB (1,595,357 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\addons\assistant_v3.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:suFKirl5apJt3oFJxoiRSCJbVM8383bD6GImr4iP89dyXn2mUsMH2RzKirl5apJi:vk+bRSqbmDdc08a2HsMH2Rtk+z

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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Entropy:
7.9920

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file assistant_v3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://i1.installbox1.info/.../search_defender_166.exe

http://i1.installbox1.info/addons/.../search_defender_166.exe

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