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cnnalerter.exe

Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cnn-com-desktop-alerter.software.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2c3108592590115a1ef8cb52c20f5785

SHA-1:
7f801e0389b3ff853379f1ce04180f6f135428e9

SHA-256:
e26ecceaa8b719472a37ba918a0d1c000232e2c48688b2dec7923531bd2a583d

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 8:10:28 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
589.1 KB (603,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2007 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/26/2008 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.", OU=CNN.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.", L=Atlanta, S=Georgia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1305391309FA37B759C474A33A31300A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/25/2007 6:16:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QAb/mPeCQmD8Q9+5ydtM7CpSY7GWO8J/VF9tbxkSq+Qf7l8bnFjtZ8CBhp+sNo:XOPe1mD8QcgMOf7f9tQSq1RylB3+sNo

Entry address:
0x30FB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, C8, 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, D4, EC, 42, 00, E8, D4, 2A, 00, 00, A3, 24, EC, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 48, 90, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, 20, E4, 42, 00, E8, 8B, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 79, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://cnn-com-desktop-alerter.software.informer.com/.../

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/services/.../CNNAlerter.exe

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