npinstall.exe

Gemius S.A.

The application npinstall.exe by Gemius S.A has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. 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 pl.spanel.gemius.be.
Publisher:
Gemius S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6bfaabc2d4350c139904fccb44d5229f

SHA-1:
1bc9467f8ce0be57124b85d71a14f98cb9a714af

SHA-256:
ed48ebd65312b6264c8d8c6e503983f994ecd3e73b449ed09cc8493b0a43f73d

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 4:45:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
8.3.1.6

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/Trackware.Gemius.AB potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Trackware.Gemius
t3scan.1.9.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16119

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.GemiusSA
15.6.3.6

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0503
7.2.154

File size:
2.3 MB (2,455,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/3/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/2/2016 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
411290C3B6985D1DD4202A51727A340B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2003 9:27:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wtVfLJa4UFO2QgeOZHh+0VzcDSHabBCOl/VWB:wrfLJa4UFagNHhhzgvLW

Entry address:
0x1F150

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 41, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, FE, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
44 KB (45,056 bytes)

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

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