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nfsgratefulowls.exe

Grateful Owls New Free Screensaver

OOO

The application nfsgratefulowls.exe, “Grateful Owls New Free Screensaver Setup ” by OOO has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer 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 OOO )

Product:
Grateful Owls New Free Screensaver

Description:
Grateful Owls New Free Screensaver Setup

MD5:
1915b2b63d8b0fdbd64f115dbd7bc4d1

SHA-1:
77e62e656d0031dc42d48876a0ff85b53ada375e

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:
11/23/2024 10:18:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Gekkon.Installer (M)
16.1.2.11

File size:
1.4 MB (1,477,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\nfsgratefulowls.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OOO

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/22/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="OOO ""Internet Proekt""", O="OOO ""Internet Proekt""", STREET=d.11b ul.Krasnoselskaya, L=Nizhny Novgorod, S=Nizhnegorodskaya obl, PostalCode=603022, C=RU

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

Serial number:
00E2D0DD88AA54AE6A33646C36CF01E955

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 2:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WxGi5EAgVOYlRKrwBSOby/FbuCROwGGs8iluZ1MJ+ByHXubDsWc6Fy1YbPXEgZWl:7b4YlgcBtmK+ilyYPHXUFyiTs

Entry address:
0x113BC

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, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9479

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

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

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