npinstall.exe

Gemius S.A.

The application npinstall.exe by Gemius S.A 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 Self-extracting archive installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from pl.panelmena.gemius.com.
Publisher:
Gemius S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
17788c944d2434615211bfaea6cb9ced

SHA-1:
06dad302b1c9ac20072d0e7eaa086ddf0e94b430

SHA-256:
3b15f9972714045343178a990d28e1b899e3ae7c09d93f5259e5e0d7947849b2

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:
11/16/2024 4:56:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GemiusSA.Installer (M)
16.5.10.5

File size:
2.5 MB (2,647,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\npinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/8/2016 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/2/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Gemius S.A., O=Gemius S.A., L=Warszawa, S=mazowieckie, C=PL

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6A007947EE0CB7B042D84EAB4DB205D1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2015 12:00:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:zFlgGxMHKYOwx5+q/libLEYPkdpX8SpK5fxwuq8oVJ4I:zFlgI/wH/lib4CkdpXVixVqj4I

Entry address:
0x1D7CB

Entry point:
E8, 85, 63, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 82, FC, FF, FF, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, 20, B2, 42, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 20, B2, 42, 00, E8, 24, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 52, CA, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9751  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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

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