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nfsalberteinstein.exe

Albert Einstein New Free Screensaver

Gekkon Ltd

The application nfsalberteinstein.exe, “Albert Einstein New Free Screensaver Setup ” by Gekkon 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 downloads.newfreescreensavers.com.
Publisher:
Gekkon Ltd.   (signed by Gekkon Ltd)

Product:
Albert Einstein New Free Screensaver

Description:
Albert Einstein New Free Screensaver Setup

MD5:
3a3bc85c053966d21731af12ce3a749d

SHA-1:
f91acfc552e390a5e153d0f883d4190f9ed9852e

SHA-256:
9b72b9e1f4503d1470f17498b356db4cb26b3126cfeaa6a161f61a2f8fd1a8fa

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:
11/5/2024 9:30:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.24.3

File size:
1.1 MB (1,171,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gekkon Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/13/2013 3:57:19 PM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 3:57:19 PM

Subject:
E=is@newfreescreensavers.com, CN=Gekkon Ltd, O=Gekkon Ltd, L=Mahe, S=Seychelles, C=SC

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11219BA4649A3898A4F37C1CE7782C46FAEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2012 9:48:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:03yr6EAgVOYlRKrwcK5RapLYDV2P5MbbZC4q9VdfO/1h:rh4YlgccK5RaGB2P5MPZCJVpK1h

Entry address:
0xF3BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 64, ED, 40, 00, E8, E8, 71, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 89, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 45, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 3B, 41, 00, E8, BE, F7, FF, FF, E8, 65, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, F7, C3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 4C, 66, 41, 00, E8, 6A, 58, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 4C, 66, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9324

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
59 KB (60,416 bytes)

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

http://downloads.newfreescreensavers.com/screensavers/.../nfsAlbertEinstein.exe

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