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monica.exe

Sambamedia LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application monica.exe by Sambamedia 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ttb.archivospc.com.
Publisher:
Sambamedia LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
92a92f2175609bf471b016d12fa5689d

SHA-1:
49baeec153bcb237b1b311e5fa9f9192debf9bca

SHA-256:
44e1ee5cb82c29b4a0a4c7990d7267402a927b84b08cd53ccfe201a6b67a638b

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:37:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.8.5.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,291,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/12/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/13/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia LLC, O=Sambamedia LLC, STREET="501 Silverside Road, Suite 105", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19809, C=US

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

Serial number:
00B3008B962204B9EFCE56FF0B2B9C2C13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2015 10:21:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7ZCjroHnC/ZNk3qPiaF7ipMNh3KSpvRbJAGp9aKdQgA8TA8yF:7sfoaHk3qPiyiYh6SHl3PTA8I

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 30, 89, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 7B, F6, 86, 66, 81, 81, 9F, B5, C5, 6D, 51, D0, 1C, A5, 55, 89, 56, EC, 8F, 62, B8, D3, 51, 8A, BF, B2, 47, 53, A3, 5A, 2B, 53, 9D, 8E, 62, 9F, 45, 7E, AC, 4C, E0, 06, 7E, BD, 53, 9A, EE, 15, D5, F2, 47, 12, E8, 0D, 5F, AD, 62, 5F, DD, D0, B1, 72, 8F, BE, 65, 2B, 3B, 04, 0B, C8, 9A, 4D, 5A, 89, 76, 8C, 88, 56, 18, 67, 18, 9D, 48, 22, 92, BB, 7D, BE, 68, EF, A4, 82, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,757,056 bytes)

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

http://ttb.archivospc.com/download/request/52bdb31e5f1c1e9c1e00000c/eQ2L6hbI?__tc=1445191118953&url=http://downloads.archivospc.com/bajar/.../monica-9.exe&caption=MONICA&fileName=MONICA

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