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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. The program is a setup application that uses the Self-extracting archive installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from pro.hit.gemius.pl.
Publisher:
Gemius S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fae0ad0259a517d12a7668b0f881da3a

SHA-1:
7e120f619c349d45adc896749dbd1bb37009f4aa

SHA-256:
138915b488e34c64cb8c88443e3df566299c0332d484342a8ec7973ec4c054ac

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:
12/25/2024 4:25:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GemiusSA.Installer (M)
16.7.8.1

File size:
2.6 MB (2,678,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gemius S.A.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/20/2019 2:59:59 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:
051EC14F4A0037DD6936254DC8119676

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2015 10:00:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:KFWKbJ3FpRp2KxnKQAokNDgkOsR0Z2oc6PCFjoaJ/P3tqLjgsAmFrz:KFWKbJ358Qes2oc6PCFptts5

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:
7.9755  (probably packed)

Code size:
162 KB (165,888 bytes)

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

https://pro.hit.gemius.pl/hitredir?id=nSCaeHsc29Z5PBuHJnwxSMbfzdswj0N9LUFD6iuJU8P.R7&url=http://pl.panel.gemius.ro/usr/.../?id=329275&mt=2c3c322697b7731446b11c364a1f4fec&lang=ro&market=RO

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