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kms pico for windows 8 1.exe

Sergey Petrov

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application kms pico for windows 8 1.exe, “Installer for HostIt” by Sergey Petrov 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from coupoonice.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
HostIt  (signed by Sergey Petrov)

Product:
HostIt

Description:
Installer for HostIt

Version:
2014.3.6.1801

MD5:
00c28cba90f618cdc4657be0f5a4f66b

SHA-1:
8e98f9a99fde6341676b04733bd5b7c1b3d012a2

SHA-256:
f0d722ce3e20accf8119d6b2472081ecbb1f3a4a1406e5680f70da6528f98969

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 8:52:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer (M)
16.7.1.16

File size:
315.1 KB (322,696 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 HostIt

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\kms pico for windows 8 1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sergey Petrov

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/21/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
8/22/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sergey Petrov, O=Sergey Petrov, STREET=Gaydara 13, L=Kyev, S=Kyev, PostalCode=01033, C=UA

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

Serial number:
0AD084E865D27CD546D21DB6EDF89D48

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 2:21:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Lrq/bUzkuvcBYC47l2x3JI3VTaaKE7mTo95vC9Ek/1hvyF0:Lrq0kuveY3LlOTV89c9RyF0

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9509

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file kms pico for windows 8 1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://coupoonice.com/.../?&q=Kms Pico For Windows 8 1&product_name=Kms Pico For Windows 8 1&installer_file_name=Kms Pico For Windows 8 1&q=Kms Pico For Windows 8 1&external_id=1394459916315594633

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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