emule0.50a-installer.exe

The application emule0.50a-installer.exe 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from emule.en.softonic.com.
MD5:
288a2659c30ee00303ae59407399f5d3

SHA-1:
ffc058694b1499ba78311f19cf9cbd3e241c0c7c

SHA-256:
ab6d7ab0c43a22d48314df9239b946befe75261b3dc2f546cd86027fcfd0c3ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 7:54:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.5.10.1

File size:
3.2 MB (3,389,035 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\emule0.50a-installer.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2008 8:04:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:a9r/Wx+GhZdsM+1GfhXM5uOMkbKH+1Ma6h2ZoHrkQb7MOBIfn2vrPLuG:ASgsdCM26+1MaO2iRTIv2vrjp

Entry address:
0x30B4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 58, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 23, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 28, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, 36, 42, 00, E8, DA, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, C8, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file emule0.50a-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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