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:
f749e6a0c03efaa4c0ba2ca02e80dceb

SHA-1:
7ca8addd61585f5044ac257191a4aa1a37568db9

SHA-256:
b51062d39b2cecb20682382cbfdda74a15c03a3cc6e87ae848c160b7cbbdef9f

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:
11/30/2024 2:42:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovP (M)
16.3.24.0

File size:
290.6 KB (297,608 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\cashsyst\basement\backgroundengine.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/17/2014 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:
4775A986F383176992FD70C1405B2DEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2013 10:58:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:pqqD9MW3229+KF3qVGoeaYLP4JcRuKrn/LTSN/BKNyLihQvul8bChZtKHZjPBLil:5G29L3JLPrRuKTLWKWZjJLimOvR

Entry address:
0x1F739

Entry point:
E8, 73, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, BF, 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, 13, 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:
198.5 KB (203,264 bytes)

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