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directx12-setup.exe

G o o g l e C h r o m e

APEP

The application directx12-setup.exe by APEP 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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from directx-12-load.z92527cf.bget.ru.
Publisher:
G o o g l e I n c .  (signed by APEP)

Product:
G o o g l e C h r o m e

Version:
49.0.2623.112

MD5:
185a954b2e803cda397cd3db8f2401e0

SHA-1:
bd7648e0f05213c6140b4b67924be3c736b33841

SHA-256:
842d8bc24c0a89ee0dc16f628dfdc4e42c29a7219b6c67adf8853d9354244794

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:04:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FileTour (M)
16.8.4.20

File size:
2.8 MB (2,903,984 bytes)

Product version:
49.0.2623.112

Copyright:
Copyright 2015 G o o g l e I n c . All rights reserved.

Original file name:
c h r o m e . e x e

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\directx12-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
APEP

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/10/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/11/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=APEP, O=APEP, STREET="Bajkalskaja, 216 A/5", L=Irkutsk, S=RU, PostalCode=664075, C=RU

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

Serial number:
77C5C9138FCDB38AC8A8BF46C3C991C2

File PE Metadata
OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:eWneqnD5SYdcbPh5H0thp9M9C/BHKE1Vh1+BmQsyq7E9VLO6ggNv:/Rn0Ycb55H0tdqoVh1+OwNTNv

Entry address:
0x7B4EBB

Entry point:
E9, 43, E1, FF, FF, E9, 3E, E1, FF, FF, E9, 39, E1, FF, FF, E9, 34, E1, FF, FF, E9, 2F, E1, FF, FF, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, B2, DE, 11, F0, 46, A9, 70, 12, A9, 70, 2E, A9, 70, 36, A9, 50, 0A, 48, 3A, 7B, 11, DD, 11, E2, 8E, 1E, 43, 5E, 20, 0E, 02, E3, ED, 2F...
 
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Packer / compiler:
tElock 0.99 - 1.0 private

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,708,480 bytes)

The file directx12-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://directx-12-load.z92527cf.bget.ru/get_dx/d99d8c3d6d767f09c29e367d066f0d20/dx.php?url=http://.../directx.exe&name=Directx12-setup.exe

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