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limewiresetup.exe

Pinball Corporation.

This is a component for the Pinball ad-supported platform which may deliver advertisemenst to the web browser in the form of banner and text ads. The application limewiresetup.exe by Pinball 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 origin-ics.hotbar.com.
Publisher:
Pinball Corporation.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Installer

Version:
2.0.0.0

MD5:
d25a6380d417f110469b144fd71e73a6

SHA-1:
0430ad1e8c07e269d56a9b53b301a103c24e3d5b

SHA-256:
c07e392267da6aa11aa3241f85963928a06b728d8c88f35f3e0a812e83d06cee

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:
12/27/2024 10:19:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Pinball.PinballCorporation.Installer (M)
16.2.21.3

File size:
465.8 KB (476,976 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pinball Corporation.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2009 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/19/2011 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pinball Corporation., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Pinball Corporation., L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4FEAB55730A755A456FE6C18A4791C1A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2010 3:20:44 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mv49pz9cdrd77QUf9d9pTUEe3otMh4zzkY2h+lJmk3GbM98OtwEmEGInRXNl/OYO:QM6Jn1d9NQ3064PlTJ7L9QUn/ly0g

Entry address:
0x4B180

Entry point:
81, EC, 44, 04, 00, 00, 53, 55, 57, 33, DB, 53, FF, 15, E0, C0, 44, 00, 8B, E8, 89, 6C, 24, 18, FF, 15, AC, C0, 44, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 50, 8D, 4C, 24, 14, 51, 55, 57, 89, 7C, 24, 34, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, 89, 5C, 24, 20, E8, 93, FC, FF, FF, 83, C4, 10, 85, C0, 74, 0D, 5F, 5D, 83, C8, FF, 5B, 81, C4, 44, 04, 00, 00, C3, 56, BE, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 39, 74, 24, 10, 0F, 82, 91, 03, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8D, 54, 24, 2C, 52, 56, 8D, 44, 24, 5C, 50, 03, CD, 51, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 40, FF, 15, 90, C0, 44, 00, 85, C0...
 
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Entropy:
7.3608

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
295 KB (302,080 bytes)

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

http://origin-ics.hotbar.com/IC/GPLHBLite21/7323/.../LimeWireSetup.exe

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