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golf-1.0.exe

Brand Thunder LLC

The application golf-1.0.exe by Brand Thunder 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.brandthunder.com.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
277b83a123f33327175cabb501a45636

SHA-1:
ed0242ffc4b79a7d9414d7d672f9c263c63c898f

SHA-256:
5b994a262e8762a78591662d04fc88403ed1fc407291f54049b30d1ee036e852

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/15/2024 1:37:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder (M)
16.7.28.20

File size:
696.9 KB (713,576 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\golf-1.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/26/2009 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2011 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Dublin, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3D6050FCDCBC892927E9C592D3406D3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:bqG5hIA5OtbICsSCIEHwuiujmQXoq1asXJk6cnAC:bqG5hNd5SjEHwDujmQXoqp5PcAC

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file golf-1.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.brandthunder.com/downloads/.../golf-1.0.exe

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