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friend1.exe

P4hostcom

The application friend1.exe by P4hostcom has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program SushiLeads by One Call Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program. The file has been seen being downloaded from storage.googleapis.com.
Publisher:
P4hostcom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
655881b6199d9ffdb74f16f5a6b5977d

SHA-1:
a5e5273539671e7b1568f69b6559c06ea0e91c36

SHA-256:
6ac946f286dd9f4e9f0fe7cecc057e35a957fb98ae93db26e8d46490b73ee3e0

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 3:14:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
2014.9-150808

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3024

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7062

Dr.Web
Adware.Superfish.217
9.0.1.0220

Malwarebytes
Rootkit.WeWatcher.PUP
v2015.08.08.02

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.P4hostcom.Installer (M)
15.8.8.2

File size:
4.9 MB (5,149,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sushileads\friend1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
P4hostcom

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/10/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=P4hostcom, O=P4hostcom, STREET=15339 WYANDOTTE ST, L=VAN NUYS, S=California, PostalCode=91406, C=US

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

Serial number:
41454C8A0557125C4B0C373A489B1003

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:u9UlyKMqrmEDadFtQXiqVgaslAKRo/FVtiufF2ilgeUli:dZTeIXiq1URo/tiufhlgji

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 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, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file friend1.exe has been discovered within the following program.

SushiLeads  by One Call Ltd
SushiLeads (a PastaLeads variant) is an adware program that installs as a web browser plugin to inject and display advertisements.
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The file friend1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://storage.googleapis.com/sud2606/.../ServiceUpdater.exe

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