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Roadpass Trading Ltd.

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 codec-v.exe by Roadpass Trading 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 premiumstorage.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Premium  (signed by Roadpass Trading Ltd.)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2012.8.16.1900

MD5:
c5a73803ed12390aefe754739ed4fc7a

SHA-1:
220914ecfbb7f8469f8845c1e7d75ce719128852

SHA-256:
b319cd778284d2eb1a28b4b587db6f865463ae709f59c9e1e547e463ee56cf0d

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:
12/27/2024 7:24:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.8.7.17

File size:
292.1 KB (299,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\codec-v.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Roadpass Trading Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/2/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/3/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Roadpass Trading Ltd., O=Roadpass Trading Ltd., STREET=Grigori Afxentiou 8, STREET="EL.PA. Livadioti Building,", STREET="3rd floor, Office 306,", L=Larnaca, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=6023, C=CY

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

Serial number:
7CEA38597BE5145D4B71FF0ECD5A4F37

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2012 5:31:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bW2BYfqw6CDk8s4ai2b6ZYuXfXf4AoYq03Os19z1scZjvF+AWFXoMOW:bW2C1VDJebqXfwgr3XRscp+AKoS

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, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, BC, 32, 40, 00, E8, 82, FB, FF, FF, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FD, 00, 00, 00, E9, 13, 02, 00, 00, 50, 68, 98, 32, 40, 00, E8, 67, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 0C, 44, 40, 00, FF, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9571

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://premiumstorage.info/v76/?reffer=http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/.../novamov.php?id=gp40o4n5crtqd

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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