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continue.exe

Gencolabs LLC

The application continue.exe by Gencolabs has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.safeholly.me.
Publisher:
Gencolabs LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a25f18253d4d1d6183ecf27b3aaef376

SHA-1:
0b7713995c38b43243355ccc6b80970e4778a581

SHA-256:
ab1525befb321d397f61631465f134e46693a49d83e31868978aad9040751ce9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 11:08:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Gencolab.Installer (M)
16.4.5.18

File size:
57.4 KB (58,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\continue.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gencolabs LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/2/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/2/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Gencolabs LLC, O=Gencolabs LLC, POBox=19958, STREET=16192 Coastal Highway, L=Lewes, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19958, C=US

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

Serial number:
3D87A218FE9CAAD64FB49FC6C46D749D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 8:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:b1cVhpQI2EQK0iPDh84nScF15GYbWjXO3XJy58u5sHojvxC5mqEaR2NoIYTVZBGT:5QpQ5EP0ijnRTXJy58u6H2UiO9Goihl

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file continue.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.safeholly.me/continue.exe

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