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cartouche.exe

Eran Vaterfeld

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application cartouche.exe, “Installer for SummerSoft” by Eran Vaterfeld 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

cartouche.exe

Publisher:

SummerSoft (signed by Eran Vaterfeld)

Product:

SummerSoft

Description:

Installer for SummerSoft

Version:

2013.9.13.1444

MD5:

0790c165545e28923de8fefc8340dba4

SHA-1:

2cc8f827ff9b61463fa792612a0b9d396bc7525d

SHA-256:

d5a97e94868a249c67c1cf1f84085b3569e7d01c089774baf6c7f371b36a0a58

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:

11/24/2024 1:01:28 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

Adware (M)

17.3.15.18

File size:

297.7 KB (304,856 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.1

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Eran Vaterfeld

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/10/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/11/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Eran Vaterfeld, O=Eran Vaterfeld, STREET=Shtruk 15, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=64042, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00CF0201F072612C73F4F11FE23420B802

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/12/2013 9:51:45 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

Entry address:

0x14DB

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF... 
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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to r1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

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