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atube catcher.exe

Sambamedia LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application atube catcher.exe by Sambamedia has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.hotmagno.com.
Publisher:
Sambamedia LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
50ce9f854624dd64e4d5c62c25e176ce

SHA-1:
1810a12168a3cbebe803d013dbb13985d1242ccb

SHA-256:
bbecab857d8bc09640d68e1305db5ba98c0008a78d8f66397fbb75ca31cb4ad3

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 1:18:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.7.16

File size:
594.4 KB (608,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\atube catcher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia LLC, O=Sambamedia LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
698CAE57F740423D14459DB0B3FE8F7C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/26/2016 7:45:57 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9FPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3K:9dS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdnK

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 50, 4C, 59, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 21, B2, FF, 75, 14, 10, 74, 31, 2D, 38, 0C, 08, E8, 35, BB, B5, 1D, 72, 01, 08, 83, C4, 10, 02, 00, A8, C3, 7D, 4B, 56, 57, 8B, F9, 8B, 37, 85, F6, 74, 3C, 83, 3E, FD, 74, 37, CD, 02, 00, C4, 00, 74, 13, 8B, 06, 3B, C7, 74, 08, 8D, 70, 04, C0, 02, 11, 8B, 75, F2, 17, 68, BD, 00, B0, 1E, C4, 02, 68, 38, AB, 50, 04, 00, 00, FF, A2, 19, 5B, 0C, 8B, 47, 04, 89, 06, 83, 27...
 
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Entropy:
7.8841

Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
1 MB (1,082,880 bytes)

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

http://admin.hotmagno.com/7IYtPP5-PsDl8sNhoQMimEXioJlix-HgsE5ynEjcacOBOZ1SkPSeMmkduG-nZG-ntnslFJFndlDaOVPt17dD8GkJg5OcMA-WcMrtHSGZ8iZE46dOiyJk-7KCoU3GzdDsOy_5VbOXlqnYV-JQoPxDtTS_Z43dWv5Tt7Wf_BKsJmrvr5V1Re5mYoqp7LyFKl7-s7qIDqtqeMcQsaBfVNxB7aUj1I89zw6GMKf_lgjDlvH_CQSdDKPxc-DP7gTMeHOEtDyatj8A7gH0VEO-uXzhnFZxVoTZ13rU7RbRDWd82PnWiSGnyGRfWHivW6qKzlBWVxgCefpJAdSzgbCQA6y83y1MxWAe5ygtvk86UAxO6QxdiEYVktV7XWcgroboCmbb4NDxmcxdLDMEcEH6TEfqhA

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