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chrome-update.exe

Ebooks Media

The application chrome-update.exe by Ebooks Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.download25.info.
Publisher:
Ebooks Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
eBooks Media

Version:
81.5.6.8830

MD5:
3a2b9f1716d5c7a0b19a3aa0dab8d1eb

SHA-1:
77d7d2c7b2ccebc85c6f154dfc5f708bedd5786e

SHA-256:
e590f6f838e58a5c3e02093ae75e9fd092243aede2d3a2bda9f0c9d245642b0a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 11:47:09 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.EbooksMe.Installer (M)
16.6.8.6

File size:
868.9 KB (889,792 bytes)

Product version:
81.5.6.8830

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\chrome-update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ebooks Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 2:01:38 AM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 5:41:42 PM

Subject:
CN=Ebooks Media, O=Ebooks Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
6986F899668DE1FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/17/2014 9:04:46 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7RgljRK87UwDRaDwewZyy+R8sHMTZeJq6TbEdKr3:oRK87UwtacewAyYMT4qsFr3

Entry address:
0x4601

Entry point:
E8, FA, 92, 00, 00, E9, FE, 8B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, E4, C0, 83, EC, 34, 53, 56, 57, E8, 2F, 12, 00, 00, 8B, F0, A3, 10, 45, 41, 00, 85, F6, 75, 15, 68, F0, 42, 41, 00, E8, FA, DA, FF, FF, 83, C4, 04, 6A, 37, FF, 15, 58, F0, 40, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 56, E8, 02, 11, 00, 00, 56, E8, EC, 0F, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 08, 6A, 00, 53, 56, E8, 90, 11, 00, 00, 33, FF, 83, C4, 1C, 89, 7C, 24, 3C, 85, DB, 7E, 34, 8D, 49, 00, DB, 44, 24, 3C, 83, EC, 08, DD, 1C, 24, 56, E8, 10, 11, 00, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9691  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

The file chrome-update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.download25.info/download/.../dl?bc=1190855&pid=topvideosoft&brand=topvideosoft.com&s=new_source2&c=topdmsg&country=US&cb=745774790&filename=chrome-update.exe&productKey=pwhux3komm3645q6z3zvgdod6ug2bbpk&osName=Windows&osVersion=Vista&browserName=IE&browserVersion=7&zTmp=1&executable=1197159

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