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encarta.exe

Itzhak Shternberg

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application encarta.exe, “Installer for Wideblue installer” by Itzhak Shternberg has been detected as adware 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from allbestnew.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Wideblue installer  (signed by Itzhak Shternberg)

Product:
Wideblue installer

Description:
Installer for Wideblue installer

Version:
2014.6.29.1256

MD5:
6836a633d3a95f932e6b190dd66e9de7

SHA-1:
f1cda82eff6ecb5a57a25d808d8ce05436eee3a0

SHA-256:
45ab4c90410a3c7f2ef7d900fd27c234632afb936f54b5d9cd54c6e494fae855

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:25:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware (M)
16.7.31.20

File size:
315.1 KB (322,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Wideblue installer

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Itzhak Shternberg

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/18/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/19/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Itzhak Shternberg, O=Itzhak Shternberg, STREET=Belkind 2, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=62154, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
54990006BE4A0F29ECCD7EE2F93DC0FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 9:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Rr8bUzkuvcBYC47l2xkxUtI+u+wJBfhdWDtSJP5CDpCKjt:RrBkuveY3+u+OYDtS7CpCKR

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9521

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://allbestnew.com/v3306?product_name=Microsoft Encarta 2009&filesize=1 KB&product_title=Descargar Microsoft Encarta&installer_file_name=encarta&product_file_name=default.mspx&reffer=http://www.softwareandgames.com&product_download_url=http://www.microsoft.com/spain/.../default.mspx

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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