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garminexpress.exe

Shefa Media Ltd

This is published and distributed via an Adknowledge's advertising supported (adware) software installer. The application garminexpress.exe, “Premium Install ” by Shefa Media 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.8-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Install   (signed by Shefa Media Ltd)

Product:
Premium Install

Description:
Premium Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
a7f358582d8016852055ad1d97f17ec2

SHA-1:
71604e6d64dfe6ed6017db3ea05c68bbc49aca45

SHA-256:
4720817826f439b0572338929f43305a485d46fd4d30ad7fcb6cfa6926b14890

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:57:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.12.30.1

File size:
370.5 KB (379,432 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Shefa Media Ltd

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Shefa Media Ltd, O=Shefa Media Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
02E262874B32070FF0C37F02FD9B63BE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/29/2014 12:00:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x172E3

Entry point:
E8, CD, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 68, 50, 73, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, A4, 75, 43, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, A4...
 
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Entropy:
5.6754

Code size:
167 KB (171,008 bytes)

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

http://secure.8-pn-installer.com/o/.../GarminExpress.exe

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