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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:
bf3991446550ca3ee9747fe97f053d75

SHA-1:
eea2c7ce16217b0b881076a04c6020028b6ff366

SHA-256:
f217204c831598674af9464ac255634d1f7ef3bec2969c2fb2350c8f7499e4f1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:10:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.CatLadyI.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.16.22

File size:
918.2 KB (940,280 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 2:15:38 PM

Valid to:
3/8/2017 2:15:38 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:
4/21/2015 8:42:14 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WLoDGug2KT0WY0nAKgRcjflu6yAZWMGJ295lqd37p0/3WmFihqcWDaNjSW9swXz2:WLogvAx6hXxqd3c3hFxcYaNjSGaVU4xR

Entry address:
0x3576

Entry point:
E8, B5, AF, 00, 00, E9, BF, A8, 00, 00, FF, 25, 50, 06, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, B4, 06, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 84, 06, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 40, 06, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 00, 07, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 64, 06, 4B, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 83, 3D, D0, 01, 48, 00, 00, 55, 8B, 2D, 74, 00, 41, 00, 74, 40, 53, 8B, 1D, 70, 00, 41...
 
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Entropy:
7.9582  (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=jbmay2016&signature_id=383&_action_=getbin&filename=minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup-133514301.exe&checksum=155266

http://intva1.bitdesktop.com/dl-pure?&usefilename=true&hashstring=jbmay2016&signature_id=383&_action_=getbin&filename=minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup-133511987.exe&checksum=155266

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