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awha973.tmp

The file awha973.tmp has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 20 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 securehost-2.com.
MD5:
9d48f1b61158b4842b0250a99ab7be26

SHA-1:
b3f358436c390379bb983c9d5e29b16e55a3c4f0

SHA-256:
ccb63e437e6a7a70e523fa98bcd3a825a74652ec5d90c345c7816f46bb6260fb

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 10:09:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.1228486
639

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Pasta
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Pasta.1231534
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Pastalads-A [Adw]
2014.9-150506

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.1228486
1.0.20.630

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.095

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.1228486
8.15.05.06.04

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.13177306
11.2015-06-05_4

G Data
Adware.Generic.1228486
15.5.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of awh23b0.tmp
2015.7.8.16

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PastaLeads.A
v2015.04.05.09

McAfee
Artemis!9D48F1B61158
5600.6773

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.1228486
16.0.0.378

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.13177306
15.04.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.05.06.04

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.EE5406CB
7.2.95

Trend Micro
PUA_Pastal
10.465.06

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.PastaLeads
39984

File size:
1.2 MB (1,231,534 bytes)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\awha973.tmp

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 4:03:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:B5vO4Tvut6l2AgMCCWbcpvyA3ThkJmuCEAfPgyFsgrXOakYjidmIj:/t7uOmIDcKf4WsyTXjiYIj

Entry address:
0x3217

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, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9788

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file awha973.tmp has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://securehost-2.com/.../IX_D_PL_US_41_6415.exe

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