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opera.exe

Sambamedia LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application opera.exe by Sambamedia has been detected as adware 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from admin.programagno.com.
Publisher:
Sambamedia LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9d15379299f0a170bc7ba209258f0079

SHA-1:
1762197e19c2ea1dd07f58c9df2a6ce9c944f959

SHA-256:
72dbd20a35406e1f4df7b3b0cc5b48cdb09df359e16197b03f3d621fe9c69266

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:38:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
16.7.17.7

File size:
672.8 KB (688,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\w7iekx4z\opera.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/3/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia LLC, O=Sambamedia LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5AF374AFD1700F42AFDDF9B5F12FD906

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2015 7:14:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:SE4MPYxjsqM776himhxOdTu5MuBGqqTugX1pIgyNdnZnN9rx920846aZRL:dbkwqAaxOBub8p1kZzrx9RZRL

Entry address:
0x1A3000

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 50, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EF, 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, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
632 KB (647,168 bytes)

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

http://admin.programagno.com/q_tEzRLUEJqy_JghkjMvDRAQSFm5BaGRPtGWvMJ2FnDVf3zQFwQzgEf5wReUDsx8JyRwG1Dq7YnUGISy406L6bkU33X169wAFvY_xO1PXMrzcrtHtKmT1JtZkoKvMkrEFh0zOGoWLB6fXaYjVnjy0S7bbfMYoWCfSoEelFQ4eNpkmUC3qnW0IRAhgqSpJ2Vd7nIdPyWgVtPiSxr9fYb6SwXbXgU1Hs_bD4zmGSwdo8gRVjNFwMpz72ORd2RPiPGvVQ4IyfMqHgO9isIW3wfNytBbw74IeK1DYCH7eQb1YoTwUnPk4MH7XH4uA651CWd7Y2bpzyh4Y3B1kgwl5zAQlrqtmoiV4wOSzWqJ40TtqUM-zeJsnX2LqdBcGwCCVbnQhuEb9Zr4PZ8IvLFeXQRQ_SHZLwabgu1ILMl92WYPelk

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