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msesetup.exe

Thanksoft

The application msesetup.exe by Thanksoft 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 d1ob5g40gc5b6g.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
Thanksoft  (signed and verified)

MD5:
56a58e723e4fec693f0edf18e809f130

SHA-1:
1f2c927aa2ead526a8f867641af67402373978c0

SHA-256:
0fdb9370126a4cf22862e9c110b26f36d62c04163fc7a7623d450cf65f9f363e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/25/2024 5:46:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Thanksoft.I
14.8.31.22

File size:
56.6 MB (59,308,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Thanksoft

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/25/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/11/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Thanksoft, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Thanksoft, L=Dnepropetrovsk, S=n/a, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
601A58A2017F0D20AFF0E14B7204977F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2011 3:31:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1572864:R7vuI3BIQqy6Uuq/8P5+xoce8chEgLAb6/bV:RRIe6hTSoVhEzQR

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
8.0000

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

https://d1ob5g40gc5b6g.cloudfront.net/26/253928/.../msesetup.exe

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