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doubletwistsetup.exe

doubleTwist Corporation

The application doubletwistsetup.exe by doubleTwist 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 download.doubletwist.com.
Publisher:
doubleTwist Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2bdd1bfbf6c3e7a27a64b48c92dd9c46

SHA-1:
4b22be86496339e27debcb4b6bb6dfe469ab5242

SHA-256:
9854eb50b5eb296563582333d5a997d0ace7cfa75b0aaf743439de37267d3e8e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 3:14:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.doubleTwistCorporation.Q
14.7.10.2

File size:
613.9 KB (628,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\doubletwistsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
doubleTwist Corporation

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/6/2009 4:50:38 PM

Valid to:
2/6/2011 4:50:38 PM

Subject:
E=jon@doubletwist.com, CN=doubleTwist Corporation, O=doubleTwist Corporation, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign ObjectSign CA, OU=ObjectSign CA, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
0100000000011F4CB668CA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 2:23:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7mJ9vOP08n67h7iEKRcgUhzao6IRpgQTJwQHYK:7mJg0O671iEKR+akRpgeJpHYK

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2254

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

http://download.doubletwist.com/doubleTwistSetup.exe

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