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blackhawks.exe

Brand Thunder LLC

The application blackhawks.exe by Brand Thunder 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.sharewarejunction.com.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d9d60d8047d94650d49c84caab237ce5

SHA-1:
cced5f7dc3a7952416169f022238962e85262c73

SHA-256:
589a86e072e482a8f274b57f4c5e6a8b1503c6a4c93a81a47fdb9bc6509e2296

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:
12/26/2024 3:25:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder.Installer (M)
16.4.19.20

File size:
812.1 KB (831,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/26/2009 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2011 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Dublin, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3D6050FCDCBC892927E9C592D3406D3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Bq0DA58QAAXgOtbICsSCIEHArsoukasPtdPUiu5vGbXFm0WhQ8Ax:BqepUQd5SjEHArl9PtVtkv41P1Lx

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9596

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.sharewarejunction.com/get/dl/.../

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