h-alarm-setup.exe

Rational Thought Solutions

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application h-alarm-setup.exe by Rational Thought Solutions 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from secured.nmsgv.us.
Publisher:
Rational Thought Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
db1779fe65f06e3ea107d0189f23f1eb

SHA-1:
b225893868efbad9bfce68bf0a8e9e1560ec1c1f

SHA-256:
bae8f42776d24132a832b40015b491694810ea93931eda1e83d603b63fb5089a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:22:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.RationalThoughtSolutions.Installer (M)
15.9.9.5

File size:
4.3 MB (4,462,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\h-alarm-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/24/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/25/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Rational Thought Solutions, O=Rational Thought Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
00B81C1C4DB6AD87B9B581116F115E4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/7/2009 3:11:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:+OTrHKKXQlpMVDxDr2Pywn40Cd6IJhODE9YKXm:nTKKXQcVZr2Pj4TJwDaYKXm

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9846

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file h-alarm-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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