maxtorrent.exe

ProfitServis LLC

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application maxtorrent.exe by ProfitServis 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 ProfitServis Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
ProfitServis LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
edf6a06ac10e3f19ad1e9d3187f4fc02

SHA-1:
af8cfc8e6e3676145e313fc6c3e999dd51b71904

SHA-256:
42acad19f2981a22280188361bd84d24ac064b0a089c65a34c5325a1d940234c

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 1:43:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ProfitServis (M)
17.3.6.1

File size:
3.1 MB (3,291,088 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
ProfitServis Downloader

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ProfitServis LLC, O=ProfitServis LLC, L=Village of Kommunar, S="Kharkiv District, Kharkiv Region", C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
259670E42586FCE460513727E39AB7DF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x62C580

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 7D, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, C2, FF, C7, 87, A4, C0, 41, 00, 3D, 9B, 22, B5, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,457,600 bytes)

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