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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:
51bbcb62474200657729a5f6bfcb7ce5

SHA-1:
973f8fc3e4c597b74ddc417315bee24f10211a08

SHA-256:
1b02aa0bce4735c72f1935a7d340014e2c13225dd64cac612fcb7837c243c187

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 1:38:49 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):
12288:9FPbStnUHIV80Gu5d40x3BS88QvcG5cLrTBy2kdX3M:9dS5UHIVgu40bSnGWBgdnM

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:
7.8840

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/H7pmTShbeVigqjxot9-cOSMeoESNgmLyUTYIdT1km74FPRVl2oP5giHbL5TBiEnOrEpyP_gW-mQaIIHQehnt3_RITNAOwSUqAqeBl1AH3NSK2M_Lhmh1Od_JNkQjtel6bHm9ol0Jo-XGAyZQ46rVDEZwMNAUzv6ORAc1Omp-Oo-pEEEMtUkCvFmc-iEoBC_QkaTvMuyH9Dm_IkVNCHfQ8gTT6_zKb6ZYSeZpPXJXD42QMT-pctpO6KXmiivHZ-195yVrzAQxc9GJkc54Tj400mx1ofAmqDCJQP2q8Rx1OJLGUk3ssx_WEAD4frtsrMApOOBq2MWS9DQaVz-3PnoJlAsRWUbdP_TTeZ8eIdr_3iFwE0KVh3ARqtr0bIsAEN4AxOqxqFxmpVMPemWe-PtFyw

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