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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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from pl.panel.gemius.ro.
Publisher:
Gemius S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
61ee78776825efcb687eae1270ac0437

SHA-1:
314db04797d160a6223e92e8e9cd602345f2c69c

SHA-256:
40f863e714f0c16620224a5221fc0251b130c8a18b262011935a3357f880409e

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 3:36:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GemiusSA.Installer (M)
16.4.20.0

File size:
2.4 MB (2,502,888 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gemius S.A.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

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

Valid to:
6/2/2016 2:59:59 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 10:27:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
5.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gBZw6YZ2hP1ejgoskhz6U0jsxCePQRqNT/cTpjBN7dUCVEIs5LI:gAyhPIjgoskhz6tWCeYRv7x2CVEIs9I

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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Entropy:
7.9992

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.

http://pl.panel.gemius.ro/usr/.../?id=277199&mt=597ab77a325105992509fc422678d718&lang=ro&market=RO

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