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codec-c.exe

Setup

Artua Vladislav

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application codec-c.exe by Artua Vladislav 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.premiumsafe.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

codec-c.exe

Publisher:

Premium (signed by Artua Vladislav)

Product:

Setup

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.2.23.1936

MD5:

3b07ccf7ebed6f72ba2bd2abba77c7ec

SHA-1:

3ac3985dc71cfbe25075bf58c0834026a8a889c2

SHA-256:

db434168695f506ca038418f43938337a3a6d882346ba5a936c955c6c9693ca9

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:

11/6/2024 2:12:51 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick (M)

16.7.26.4

File size:

252.6 KB (258,624 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:

Language Neutral

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Artua Vladislav

Authority:

The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:

3/15/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/15/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Artua Vladislav, O=Artua Vladislav, STREET=haRav Dangur 22, L=Bnei Braq, S=Israel, PostalCode=51281, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:

302242B18FB354EA399140DBBA22B786

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/5/2012 5:25:26 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:mS+7vS15CFJDv+CzqxXmbBrTDy4aD4noWZuCb8otV:mSg28TPJa4oWZ5b8QV

Entry address:

0x14A3

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, E4, FB, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, DC, F9, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, A0, 32, 40, 00, E8, 86, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, F7, 01, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 58, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 0F, 85, BC, 01, 00, 00, 81... 
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Entropy:

7.9421

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file codec-c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.premiumsafe.info/v58/?reffer=http://.../wh2o3ujkohpo

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

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to c1.stylezip.info (54.186.255.26:80)

http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=280682832&publisher_id=806&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=842048496&external_id=0&session_id=1684096992&hardware_id=1964779824&installer_file_name=codec-c

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