microsoft-security-essentials-4-4.exe

Zero Press SL

The application microsoft-security-essentials-4-4.exe by Zero Press SL has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 download.file70.com.
Publisher:
Zero Press SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b2bcba3bf4dff530d73c2a650baf34ed

SHA-1:
4df64547cef46fe6a087b3e62b1931705aeb5f95

SHA-256:
b49f35ec5a7df0dece1c29218c32e9d1130291767962e29ca5830ae4c7dc8354

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:02:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ZeroPres.Installer (M)
16.6.30.19

File size:
84.2 KB (86,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-security-essentials-4-4.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/13/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Zero Press SL, O=Zero Press SL, L=Madrid, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
056513B2C67EB2266E25D9B0FEB33A3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:CumhxebkJf+FTXJnOtqN7SSUXUmMNeI+IaGup+pU4:CuxkZuTXJOCSsH

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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