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MediaDrug.exe

MediaDrug

The application MediaDrug.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘MediaDrug’. This file is typically installed with the program MediaDrug.
Publisher:
MediaDrug

Product:
MediaDrug

Version:
1.8.0.0

MD5:
dc561843428e9454f8edf958396efb97

SHA-1:
ad13086be30ab1134a70496cd4b66085e9d4cdad

SHA-256:
4c8b470d4dfef5f9b0ddc92ac3342f9124942312eeb904b078b5ad9a3390922d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:35:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MediaDrug.Meta
15.5.22.11

File size:
2 MB (2,062,336 bytes)

Product version:
1.8

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 MediaDrug

Original file name:
MediaDrug.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

File PE Metadata
OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.24

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:dI66kFMT3a4HTXpWtMmFVDoDxhOqLLslyiVYWE:ykKTFINsDxhPssyYWE

Entry address:
0x14C0

Entry point:
83, EC, 0C, C7, 05, B8, F4, 5C, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2E, 35, 0A, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, A6, FC, FF, FF, 8D, B6, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, C7, 05, B8, F4, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0E, 35, 0A, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 86, FC, FF, FF, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 89, E5, 56, 53, 83, EC, 10, 8B, 1D, A4, 2D, 5D, 00, C7, 04, 24, 00, C0, 4D, 00, FF, D3, 89, C6, 83, EC, 04, 85, F6, B8, 88, 60, 4A, 00, 74, 29, C7, 04, 24, 00, C0, 4D, 00, FF, 15, C0, 2D, 5D, 00, 83, EC, 04, A3, 38, D0, 5C, 00, C7, 44, 24, 04, 13, C0...
 
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Entropy:
6.6356

Code size:
872 KB (892,928 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
MediaDrug

Command:
"C:\mediadrug\mediadrug.exe" -autostart


The file MediaDrug.exe has been discovered within the following program.

MediaDrug  by MediaDrug
Publisher's description - “It has never been easier to download entire mp3 albums by your favorite artists! After hearing a great song play you may want to take a closer look at the artist's work and even download their whole album.”
mediadrug.com
About 6% of users remove it
 
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s2-db.nitralabs.com  (46.28.68.78:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-9-102-160.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.9.102.160:80)

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