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gta - san andreas trailer downloader.exe

Covus Freemium GmbH

The application gta - san andreas trailer downloader.exe by Covus Freemium GmbH 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloader.chip.de.
Publisher:
Covus Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
92ee2c3f353e5557ebdfeb07969ac50d

SHA-1:
229d87debd8744b03e003cf94afac39841d0d20f

SHA-256:
879f7b282c284530f6376b76ee83175b8644887df228f75446da9141f3409f25

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the installer/download manager that include adware components such as Best-markit, and Search Protect (ClientConnect).

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 1:40:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus (M)
16.8.5.12

File size:
460.6 KB (471,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gta - san andreas trailer downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Freemium GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/28/2013 11:21:57 AM

Valid to:
1/29/2015 11:21:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Covus Freemium GmbH, O=Covus Freemium GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211DBCB8A07ED407612FC406EFD259BE29

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 10:32:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TvWoBObcObcSkPQhRuVX1H7DpvTtxFFWtC7ulBg:z5IcI7sQuVF5nFFt7ulC

Entry address:
0x1CA34

Entry point:
E8, A0, 48, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 0B, C8, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 75, 09, 8B, 44, 24, 04, F7, E1, C2, 10, 00, 53, F7, E1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, 64, 24, 14, 03, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, E1, 03, D3, 5B, C2, 10, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 0C, DE, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.9067

Code size:
171 KB (175,104 bytes)

The file gta - san andreas trailer downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloader.chip.de/thirdpartyproxy/.../downloader-covus_create.php?cid=115919

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