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nascarnationwide.exe

NASCAR Nationwide Series Boom for Firefox

Brand Thunder LLC

The application nascarnationwide.exe, “NASCAR Nationwide Series Boom for Firefox Setup ” by Brand Thunder 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadnow.com.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder   (signed by Brand Thunder LLC)

Product:
NASCAR Nationwide Series Boom for Firefox

Description:
NASCAR Nationwide Series Boom for Firefox Setup

MD5:
ce6ec0154d0b018939d96e7a89baafe2

SHA-1:
cd863c958b0bc45eb0b8dca2419b99903ab7c1d0

SHA-256:
e28ecc18d0fc1193cdb4b3a41e9d697802fa40bbcc9cd8a2a9625597e80a2f6d

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:
1/13/2025 4:08:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder.Installer (M)
16.5.30.0

File size:
634.2 KB (649,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
6/26/2009 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2011 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Dublin, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3D6050FCDCBC892927E9C592D3406D3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:S2UtsEDzkzjGBmVQU4ITJHOozJ9YecrVPScqKvnY3QyunoYcS5Kz:S2U1DQ/MVUBIoz71ch8YaXaC

Entry address:
0x9A58

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 6E, 96, FF, FF, E8, 75, A8, FF, FF, E8, A0, CA, FF, FF, E8, E7, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 0B, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, D4, A0, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, AC, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 1F, 97, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9618

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36.5 KB (37,376 bytes)

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

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/11/32/70/.../nascarnationwide.exe

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