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do_application_start.exe

Cat Lady Interactive

The application do_application_start.exe by Cat Lady Interactive 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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from intva1.bitdesktop.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Bulk Mass Software Installer  (signed by Cat Lady Interactive)

Product:
Bulk Mass Software Installer

Version:
3.1.0.1463

MD5:
d85a54d5a3b5f53fed265b4af1673215

SHA-1:
4c6d29204999bbd255644d93cc806bb6c94b0411

SHA-256:
5a2abf805504c34f7245a9bab11543c44883c06d1c9d4fc43d27a3bc6eb8ea13

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:12:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.CatLadyI.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.12.21

File size:
915.8 KB (937,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.0.1463

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\do_application_start.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cat Lady Interactive

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/8/2016 3:15:38 PM

Valid to:
3/8/2017 3:15:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Cat Lady Interactive, O=Cat Lady Interactive, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4009DE097A03C0B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/30/2015 8:46:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0Ww2/KyRI1LJ3yAY3UNzZC6oGjEKSVPNlEveqc4BOw+cJ1uK/2vPXA4Bc8IP:0V2/nWIkN9ArzhNlEd9BskuK/23XA38A

Entry address:
0x10CA

Entry point:
E8, 71, D5, 00, 00, E9, 9B, CD, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 08, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 06, 8D, 47, FE, 5F, 5E, C3, 89, 7E, 2C, 89, 7E, 30, 89, 7E, 18, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 14, 89, 7E, 34, 39, 7E, 20, 75, 07, C7, 46, 20, 30, 8A, 40, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 07, C7, 46, 24, 50, 8A, 40, 00, 8B, 46, 28, 8B, 4E, 20, 68, 08, AB, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 50, FF, D1, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, C7, 75, 08, 5F, B8, FC, FF, FF, FF, 5E, C3, 89, 46, 1C, 89, 38, 89, B8, F0, 2A, 00, 00, 89, B8, F4, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9587  (probably packed)

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

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

http://intva1.bitdesktop.com/dl-pure?&usefilename=true&hashstring=jbswswsswl41216&signature_id=383&_action_=getbin&filename=minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup-133560067.exe&checksum=132524

http://intva1.bitdesktop.com/dl-pure?&usefilename=true&hashstring=jbswswsswl41216&signature_id=383&_action_=getbin&filename=minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup-133523431.exe&checksum=132524

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