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ms16.exe

Yordan Damyanov

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application ms16.exe by Yordan Damyanov has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.nansq.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Yordan Damyanov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f9f770a30c0334228aa388849d0942e6

SHA-1:
41c6eb2d0e638356e358796cafe43d55c2770baa

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:
11/16/2024 1:26:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.YordanDa (M)
16.3.17.14

File size:
1.4 MB (1,456,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\ms16.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yordan Damyanov

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/7/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Yordan Damyanov, O=Yordan Damyanov, STREET=19 Dobri Voinikov Str, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, PostalCode=1000, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00FEEF0D77D0AC7E55D4E7707B384AC901

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2014 8:19:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:nwZ6HJpUzIx6TPQfGgFq/m9kwq/sSrlchgVeTpFNt/RUt/CcWUcPGIj+b8:B7UGuYjOsylGJ+u+w

Entry address:
0x12C5000

Entry point:
56, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 00, 0E, 00, 2D, E0, C5, BF, 05, 05, D7, C5, BF, 05, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, BF, BA, F4, 35, 68, BF, 96, 4D, 09, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, EE, D4, F2, C0, 6D, 81, E5, 92, 6D, DB, 8D, B4, 93, FB, 0A, C1...
 
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Entropy:
7.9596  (probably packed)

Code size:
169.5 KB (173,568 bytes)

The file ms16.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.nansq.info/.../9de919ff50.exe

http://www.nansq.info/.../3138173e6.exe

http://www.nansq.info/.../3ba3433f54.exe

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