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bluestacks.exe

Program Setup

PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application bluestacks.exe by PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings) 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from tmpfile3413.s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

bluestacks.exe

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_54528

MD5:

f6395fd67d095a9a1f0d2778bc89a5f8

SHA-1:

c2818af9fe828a072def0ab9e028f7f0e81d8a0a

SHA-256:

6d845aa56de4737dcebcb9fc2233957a236dad8096ae264fcfab1033b98f523b

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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/1/2024 12:41:15 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)

16.3.26.6

File size:

986 KB (1,009,616 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_54528

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\bluestacks.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

12/17/2015 9:22:56 PM

Valid to:

4/22/2016 9:15:10 PM

Subject:

CN=PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=PremiumBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11218E8F84D2C9611A0D9227D7A1EEA68998

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:JioEwJbDOdoFy35fcFbTUCDivB3UXS6z+HyDE:JoADOdoFlTkvBEXS6e9

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.9161

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file bluestacks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://tmpfile3413.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/53694/.../bluestacks.exe

https://tmpfile3406.s3.amazonaws.com/download77/ic_trackings/46446/.../bluestacks.exe

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