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msusetup.exe

Thanksoft

The application msusetup.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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.thanksoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Thanksoft  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d70f13ab7cfe7daa9883447c1c80652c

SHA-1:
5f12f50d7a651a9ad3b15f4bdbdd9c1f358e040d

SHA-256:
e12957e3e656c2d030d6566b64591a94cf12292715dfbee47140304eaced8141

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:
12/24/2024 5:27:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Thanksof.Installer (M)
16.4.23.3

File size:
14.8 MB (15,517,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Thanksoft

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/15/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Thanksoft, O=Thanksoft, L=Dnepropetrovsk, S=Dnepropetrovsk, 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:
3B50069E945D4934FDF6546BCA6CCF5A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2016 10:18:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:7FoeUNUGChKM5mNkS9QTUrTTqoIHe/xA7FWfHIEzpI:7Fo1NUGChK3qTITTCHe/y7FWP5z6

Entry address:
0x33B6

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 5F, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, A2, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 67, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, B8, 82, 40, 00, 56, E8, E1, 30, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 5C, 81, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 80, 3E, 00, 75, EA, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 39, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 32, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, A2, 42, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999  (probably packed)

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file msusetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.thanksoft.com/.../masksurf_setup.exe

http://cdnrep.reimage.com/rpv/.../ReimageRepair.exe

http://thanksoft.com/.../masksurf_setup.exe

http://www.ranchsendgift.com/HPR_IMxitWSqr 0o8HsgJp6Unn8PG1RkRR_TdlSd2BplmySB4pVefCZn8w5RsT9RV3QhU5VhWFUUqIuXQ67vRu1oSXYkU8V668n513NzxwOEmyYsM022ES_0YYQVHMR_ozx2JW4mZ2ha7pup4fpXj3rTeONbFkS9hH4IaysYVcsCS4bcrEemskmUy0yBQ0SIrmaicDhUkTKqwh5MakUXIuauO29BAQ==-GzQAAEQ3F5vGaHE2Ub4JB4ccsH8vkUAt2Bg7V9CgvDHx3WBTEir6ojfvFZVB6NbwAQ==

http://www.masksurf.com/.../msusetup.exe

http://www.thanksoft.com/.../msurfstd_setup.exe

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