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aTube_Catcher.exe

aTube Catcher

DsNET Corp

The application aTube_Catcher.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.atube.me.
Publisher:
DsNET Corp

Product:
aTube Catcher

Version:
3.8.7955

MD5:
e9863aa90714bb92e41ab96caa54c209

SHA-1:
f525b7a7e36af5739aab86746626f2242348b7db

SHA-256:
f9c16cddcaaf835296de9a8f8442141b4ce58cd7f7a6d69fea059b114c64f485

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:33:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask (variant)
8.9663

Reason Heuristics
PUP.aTubeCatcher.DsNETCor.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.2.22

File size:
9 MB (9,428,516 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.7955

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2013 4:09:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:2Up0tjt3J61uKEXfv5tP7Im9evP8E/RwpbVsP6c5JMURuLgJsq6:2ztjL6ZEPmp8bVexJsq6

Entry address:
0x324D

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 8B, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 36, 42, 00, E8, 35, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 23, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.atube.me/aTube_Catcher.exe

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