BackgroundEngine.exe

Background Engine Script

Fedorov Paul

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application BackgroundEngine.exe by Fedorov Paul has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Fedorov Paul  (signed and verified)

Product:
Background Engine Script

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
237cd8c6348200062ab94725931411ba

SHA-1:
05a748bdd752b78d9412dce8e6dd216e4d621fd3

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.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:22:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovP (M)
16.4.16.18

File size:
289.6 KB (296,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
TODO: (c) <Company name>. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
BackgroundEngine.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gigabase\basement\backgroundengine.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fedorov Paul, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Saint-Petersburg, S=Saint-Petersburg, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
702D4055EE5CC734192DCBDFFE7AE8E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2013 2:27:03 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Ap8D52aQEXAu9YuPOOBGu/AH8O5Wk3FfLMER7Pu1YnBwFHZjqPPQ4d49+j2GShnD:eajXAuqRH75WkNLMEgGEZjJ4d4AZShD

Entry address:
0x1F5D9

Entry point:
E8, A3, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, BE, 43, 00, E8, 55, 04, 00, 00, 33, F6, 89, 75, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 5D, 08, 3B, DE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 75, 1C, E8, 9D, 0A, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, E8, 25, 0A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 7B, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, D6, 33, C0, 66, 39, 37, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, CA, E8, 43, 7F, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B, C6, 75, 0D, E8, 5B, 0A, 00, 00, C7, 00, 18, 00, 00, 00, EB, C9, 89, 75, FC, 66, 39, 33, 75, 20...
 
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Code size:
198 KB (202,752 bytes)

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